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Cactus League baseball: Arizona's spring fling

Love is in the air. Can you feel it?

It happens every year in the Valley right around this time. Springtime means spring training, when baseball brings us together, we dream of hope and new possibilities, and melt as our favorite teams and heroes play a children’s game in our very own backyards.

Like a budding romance, the start of the Cactus League season is full of excitement and expectations. Do you think it’s just a coincidence that pitchers and catchers almost always report on Valentine’s Day? Of course not. It’s the first kiss to our annual rite of spring, the beginning of a six-week love affair.