Somewhere in the early 2000s, spring training became SPRING TRAINING!!! It went from a mostly ignored exercise in baseball practice to an item on every fan’s bucket list. So when fans started coming to Clearwater in droves, the Phillies smartly replaced its outdated Jack Russell Stadium to the fantastic Spectrum Field in 2004.
Fans are still getting acquainted with the field, whether it’s your first time there or your tenth. Just getting used to the new name – changed earlier this year from Bright House Field – will be something we’ll all be dealing with.