#spring training

I got that nickname my first spring training camp with the Expos in 1974. Tim Foli, Ken Singleton and Mike Jorgensen started calling me 'Kid' because I was trying to win every sprint. I was trying to hit every pitch out of the park. ↗

— Gary Carter

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People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball. ↗

— Sandy Koufax

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I come to spring training and just try to do my job, try to do the best I can. That's all any player can do. ↗

— Danny Bautista

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It all comes down to when spring training comes. Do you want to go or don't you? If you want to go, you go. ↗

— Chili Davis

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I've kind of looked at my whole career as a spring training invite. ↗

— Jamie Moyer

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I've always approached spring training as I have something to prove. ↗

— Jamie Moyer

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A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater. ↗

— Christy Mathewson

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I hate the cursed Oriole fundamentals... I've been doing them since 1964. I do them in my sleep. I hate spring training. ↗

— Jim Palmer

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The Florida State League was considered the top A-league back then. You played in the spring training parks of major league teams, traveled throughout some great cities in Florida, and the pay was the best in A-ball. ↗

— Jim Evans

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