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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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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- March 12, 1997
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CopyrightCopyright 1997 The Journal Record. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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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