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Florida Spring Training: Your Guide To Touring The Grapefruit League |
While there is little to distinguish Fort Lauderdale Stadium from many other Spring Training parks, it is also one of the few parks in the Grapefruit League with bleachers outside the outfield wall. Located in right field, they’re a great place to sit if you want to catch a home-run ball. Only the die-hard baseball fans sit there.
Fort Lauderdale Stadium is, in many ways, Spring Training the way it should be. While it doesn’t offer the frills you’ll find in many of the newer parks, it is a great place to watch a game. The players are easily accessible to the fans. Stand along the wall near home plate and you’ll overhear their conversations as they take batting practice. In addition, you’re very close to the diamond, especially in the box seats. In fact the players are even more accessible here because they have to walk near the grandstands to get around the batting cage for their pre-game practice. In the outfield, pitchers warm up near the bleachers, presenting yet another opportunity to get close to the players. Unlike in traditional Spring Training stadiums, however, the players here enter and exit the playing field through the dugout. This limits your access to them if you sit in the main seating bowl. Like most South Florida stadiums, this one is filled with retirees. Some are from the Washington/Baltimore area, but most seem to be from other Northeastern locales. You’ll find a significant number of regulars here who know all the players and their life stories, but not as many as you’ll run into in most other Spring Training parks. All told, don’t go to Fort Lauderdale Stadium for a show. Go there to watch baseball up close and in comfort. Didn't find what you were looking for? Try a Google search.
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