Sunday, I wrote about the fact that players from at least one team (Cleveland Indians) have not yet been given specific reporting dates for Spring Training.
Today, a reporter for 12 News in Phoenix has tweeted that the mayors of all eight cities in the Phoenix area who host Spring Training games (Mesa, Scottsdale, Phoenix, Tempe, Surprise, Glendale, Peoria and Goodyear), along with the president of the Salt River-Pima Maricopa Indian Community (that’s where Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, spring home of the Rockies and Diamondbacks) is located and the Executive Director of the Cactus League have all signed a letter to Commissioner Rob Manfred asking for Spring Training in Arizona to be delayed:
Yes, it’s a bit small and hard to read, but the key point made is this:
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