The Grapefruit League

Spring training baseball comes to Florida every single year. Our history with baseball is complicated, but the impacts of today are lasting. How did we get here, to the very first day of 2019's spring training season? Follow on Instagram here! Songs Love After Midnight by Lobo Loco Hey Go by Lobo Loco Things You Never Known by Lobo Lobo Speedy Delta by Lobo Loco Springtime by Lobo Loco Sources http://www.floridagrapefruitleague.com/home/history/ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WHS/1886.shtml https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WNL/ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/national-league-of-baseball-is-founded https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/photo-1-78 https://dc.curbed.com/2016/9/20/12986838/swampoodle-irish https://www.mlb.com/spring-training/grapefruit-league/ https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/a5b2c2b4 https://www.flasports.com/2018/07/30/2018-mlb-spring-training-produces-687-1-million-of-economic-impact-for-the-state-of-florida/ https://floridapolitics.com/archives/288561-ron-desantis-to-welcome-2019-spring-training-at-governors-baseball-dinner https://www.sportsdestinations.com/management/economics/economic-impact-florida-sports-13586 https://sabraz.org/the-cactus-league-a-brief-history/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7jTuxjDWw0