It would be nice if the Royals trained somewhere that didn’t make the Uber drivers say, Surprise, huh? You got family there or something?
Scottsdale is cool. Tempe has a charm. Anywhere closer to Phoenix, really. But the Royals train here, a suburban outpost an hour or so from the airport and 40 minutes from downtown, a spot chosen in part because David Glass’ data said it was a good place to put a Walmart.
People ask what they should do if they go watch the Royals in spring training, and I always tell them: Don’t stay in Surprise.