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Article: Take Me Out to the Cactus League.
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- National Mortgage News
- Article date:
- March 8, 2004
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The time of year and the Phoenix location of this year's MBA National Technology in Mortgage Banking Conference may produce a side effect that will empty out the exhibit hall on the sunny March afternoons the meeting is in town - Cactus League baseball.
There are few things more pleasant than leaving a raw northern March behind for a sun-drenched afternoon of baseball under a desert blue sky, and in Phoenix in March there are seven different venues affording a chance to sneak out and enjoy a game (nine if you count Tucson, 120 miles down the road).
While not as well known as its Eastern cousin, Florida's Grapefruit League, the Arizona desert has long ...