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Article: Baseball's Spring Training Season Means Tourism Boon to Florida Communities.

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February 9, 2004
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By Alan Snel, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 9--TAMPA, Fla. -- It's been an especially harsh winter for lifelong Yankees fan Stewart Boganoff, who was yearning for baseball as he watched snow fall last week from his home two hours north of Yankee Stadium.

But in a matter of weeks, Boganoff, a retired teacher, and his wife, Eileen, will be checking in to the Radisson Bay Harbor hotel in Tampa and checking out Yankees stars Derek Jeter and Mike Mussina.

The couple are among an estimated 1.4 million baseball fans headed to Sunshine State destinations, including the Tampa Bay area, to enjoy baseball's annual ...

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