Here Are Some Baseball Movies to Get You Through to Spring-- Part 2: "Major League"

FIELD OF DREAMS  (1989)   --  Costner was back as an Iowa farmer who plows up his cornfield to make a baseball diamond.  "Build it and they will come."  Hey, I'm a White Sox fan.

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN  (1992)--  It's easy to root for this Penny Marshall-directed rouser, featuring Geena Davis, about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.  "There's no crying in baseball!!"

THE SANDLOT  (1993)--  No film captures childhood summer nostalgia quite like this coming-of-age comedy about a group of rowdy pals in the early 1960s who play every day at a local sandlot.  I spend most of the summers between 7th and sophomore years playing out on a sandlot.

MONEYBALL  (2011)--  Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) figures out how to compete with stats as well as bats.

I'm going to add the next one.

MAJOR LEAGUE  (1989)   Back when baseball was still baseball and not just a money-grabbing bunch of players jumping from one team to another.  What a bunch of characters.  And, of course, the Bob Uecker.

--CootBase

White Sox Spring Training Sites Through the Years-- Part 2

Winter Haven, Fla. (1924)
Shreveport, la. (1925-1928)
Dallas (1929)

San Antonio (1930-1932)
Pasadena, Calif. (1933-1942, 1946-1950)
French Lick, Ind. (1943-1944)

Terre Haute, Ind. (1945)
Palm Springs, Calif. (1951)
El Centro, Calif (1952-1953)

Tampa, Fla. (1954-1959)
Sarasota, Fla. (1960-1997)

Tucson, Ariz. (1998-2008)
Glendale, Ari. (2009-present)

--Cooter

White Sox Spring Training Sites Through the Years-- Part 1

From the Feb. 22, 2015 Chicago Tribune "Preparing for battle in Indiana" by Tim Bannon.

The White Sox held spring training in 1943 and 1944 in French Lick, Indiana because of wartime travel restrictions.  In 1945 they moved to Terre Haute, Indiana.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX Spring Training Sites:

Excelsior Springs, Mo. (1901-1902)
Mobile, Ala. (1903)
Marlin Springs, Texas (1904)

New Orleans (1905-1906)
Mexico City, Mexico (1907)
Los Angeles (1908)

San Francisco (1909-1910)
Mineral Wells, Texas (1911, 1916-1919)
Waco, Texas (1912, 1920)

Paso Robles, Calif. (1913-1915)
Waxahachie, Texas (1921)
Seguin, Texas (1922-1923)

More to Come.  --DaCoot

Cubs Spring Training Sites Through the Years

From the Feb. 22, 2015, Chicago Tribune "Preparing for battle in Indiana" byTim Bannon.

I have been writing about the Cubs and Sox both having Spring Training in French Lick, Indiana, because of wartime restrictions in my Tattooed On Your Soul: World War II Blog the last two days.  The article also had a listing of every Cub and Sox Spring tarining site.

CUBS

Champaign, Illinois (1901-02, 1905)
Los Angeles, Ca.  (1903-04, 19481949)
Santa Monica, California ((1905)

New Orleans (1907, 1911-1912)
Vicksburg, Miss. (1908)
Hot Springs, Ark. (1909-1910)

Tampa, Fla. (1913-1916)
Pasadena, Cal. (1917-1921)
Catalina Island, Cal. (1922-1942, 1946-1947, 1950-1951)

French Lick, Ind. (1943-1945)
Long Beach, Cal. (1966)
Scottsdale, Ari. (1967-1978)

Mesa, Ari. (1952-1965, 1979 to present)

That's the Cubs for You.  --Cooter