Article: Detroit Baseball Team Renews Commitment to Spring Training in Lakeland, Fla.

Article: Lakeland misses its best friend at spring ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  February 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... State League. Recently, people around Lakeland have asked him the same questions ... years, Vitto has overseen the Tigers' Lakeland business, including spring training. He loved Lakeland, and his personal touch made him a fit ...

Article: Lakeland misses its best friend at spring ...
Detroit Free Press (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  February 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... State League. Recently, people around Lakeland have asked him the same questions ... years, Vitto has overseen the Tigers' Lakeland business, including spring training. He loved Lakeland, and his personal touch made him a fit ...

Article: There's much more to this Florida city than spring ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  February 23, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... through early April, Lakeland's population swells ... out Detroit Tigers spring training at Joker Marchant Stadium ... the far fringes of Lakeland in condos, rental ... visitlakeland.com; Lakeland Area Chamber of Commerce ... 8551. EVENTS DURING SPRING TRAINING Florida Strawberry ...

Article: Grapefruits and Cactuses: Spring training travel
AP Worldstream;  February 19, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... vacation around spring training for baseball ... Detroit Tigers in Lakeland. Tjaden added ... Philadelphia Phillies. Spring training also offers opportunities ... Arizona's spring training season also features ... Detroit Tigers in Lakeland, the Toronto ...

Article: Baseball's Spring Training Season Means Tourism ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... 2,000 on their spring training field trip March 4 ... tickets to games at their spring training facility just a mile ... to Winter Haven and Lakeland east of Tampa to Sarasota ... 2004 Legends Field spring training games in local newspaper ...

Article: SPRING TRAINING BASEBALL WARS: FLORIDA, ARIZONA ...
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  February 10, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... this budding war for spring training sites? It depends ... economic numbers that spring training means, it's almost ... Beach (Dodgers), Lakeland (Tigers), Kissimmee ... term leases. ''Spring training and minor-league ...

Article: Griffey reports to spring training in better shape
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  February 19, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... it." Elsewhere at spring training, the Detroit Tigers were feeling the heat in Lakeland, Fla. A 1,500 ... City, northeast of Lakeland. It's normally a ... fire blanketed most of Lakeland by midday Sunday ... of the team's 25th spring training. "It doesn't feel ...