Spring training baseball comes to Florida every single year. Our history with baseball is complicated, but the impacts of today are lasting. How did we get here, to the very first day of 2019's spring training season? 
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Songs
Love After Midnight by Lobo Loco
Hey Go by Lobo Loco
Things You Never Known by Lobo Lobo
Speedy Delta by Lobo Loco
Springtime by Lobo Loco
 
Sources
http://www.floridagrapefruitleague.com/home/history/
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WHS/1886.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WNL/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/national-league-of-baseball-is-founded
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/photo-1-78
https://dc.curbed.com/2016/9/20/12986838/swampoodle-irish
https://www.mlb.com/spring-training/grapefruit-league/
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/a5b2c2b4
https://www.flasports.com/2018/07/30/2018-mlb-spring-training-produces-687-1-million-of-economic-impact-for-the-state-of-florida/
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/288561-ron-desantis-to-welcome-2019-spring-training-at-governors-baseball-dinner
https://www.sportsdestinations.com/management/economics/economic-impact-florida-sports-13586
https://sabraz.org/the-cactus-league-a-brief-history/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7jTuxjDWw0

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