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How Golf Strength Training Will Demolish Your Competitors
It’s no secret that golf strength training can put you heads and tails above your playing partners and competitors. Why do you think all the Pro’s are doing it? Golf is no longer just the leisure game it used to be. It is now recognized as an...
It's October and there are no NHL hockey games on the horizon.
It should be the start of the NHL hockey league 2004-2005 season but it’s not happening. The sports arenas across North America are quiet. There are no piercing sounds of whistles, no scraping sounds of hockey skate blades digging into the ice or...
Return of the "FRESHMAN"
They don't call it a come back for nothing Rich Kirk says former head girls basketball coach of Northeast High School in philadelphia. This 2005-2006 should be 1 to remember and its all do to a outstanding freshman return her name would be Satoria...
The Great American Pastime; Watching
The great American pastime is watching sports. Someone once described a football game as 30,000 people in desperate need of exercise watching 22 people in desperate need of rest.
No matter the sporting event, Americans love...
What Baseball Could Learn From a Former Skinny Kid!
The baseball season is here and the game’s greatest players are in the news. They have hit the headlines not for their prowess on the field, but for alleged steroid abuse in the locker room. Baseball’s greatest stars could have taken a body building...
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Florida a Sporting Powerhouse
Florida is one of the most Southern of all the United States. It is known as the Sunshine State for it's warm weather and pacific climate. "Florida" is a Spanish adjective which means "flowery". Florida was discovered by a Spanish explorer during Easter, which in spanish is called Pascua Florida.
Major Cities and Towns in Florida are: Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tallahassee, and Tampa.
Because of Florida's climate it has become the traditional home for several Major League Baseball teams spring training. In 2004, these are all of the major league teams that Florida hosted for spring training:
- Atlanta Braves at Walt Disney World
- Baltimore Orioles in Fort Lauderdale
- Boston Red Sox in Fort Myers
- Cincinnati Reds in Sarasota
- Cleveland Indians in Winter Haven
- Detroit Tigers in Lakeland
- Florida Marlins in Jupiter
- Houston Astros in Kissimmee
- Los Angeles Dodgers in Vero Beach
- Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers
- New York Mets in Port St. Lucie
- New York Yankees in Tampa
- Philadelphia Phillies in
Clearwater
- Pittsburgh Pirates in Bradenton
- Saint Louis Cardinals in Jupiter
- Tampa Bay Devil Rays in St. Petersburg
- Toronto Blue Jays in Dunedin
- Washington Nationals in Viera
Not only does Florida Host alot of the major sports teams in the United States it is also home to several of it's own teams:
- National Football League
- Jacksonville Jaguars
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Miami Dolphins
- National Basketball Association
- National Hockey League
- Tampa Bay Lightning
- Florida Panthers
- Major League Baseball
- Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Florida Marlins
- Arena Football League
- Orlando Predators
- Tampa Bay Storm
About the Author
Ryan Fyfe is the owner and operator of Pixibot. Which is a great web directory and information center for information on all types of topics.
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