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Article: Busy execs also pitch at spring training Texans find the Rangers have become a catalyst for building business

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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- America's favorite pastime and the corporate world mingle for a month in this sleepy community that serves as home to the Texas Rangers' spring training camp.

The peaceful area lends itself to the task of breaking in baseball players for the season. But an undercurrent of business deals, relationships and strategic partnerships all being formed makes for an unusual sideline to a time commonly believed to be free of regular-season pressures.

North Texas business leaders, Rangers corporate sponsors, sporting goods manufacturers, salesmen and team executives trek to training camp not only to catch a glimpse of what the coming baseball season may offer but also to build ...

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