Grapefruit League- Osceola County Stadium- Houston Astros Stadium

HEARING AN UMPIRE CALL “PLAY BALL!” IS NOTHING NEW IN FLORIDA. MAJOR LEAGUE SPRING TRAINING BEGAN HERE IN 1888, WHEN THE WASHINGTON STATESMEN

(LATER THE WASHINGTON SENATORS) VISITED JACKSONVILLE TO PLAY A SERIES OF PRE-SEASON EXHIBITION GAMES.

FLORIDA BECAME A ...

Grapefruit League- Joker Marchant Stadium- Detroit Tigers

HEARING AN UMPIRE CALL “PLAY BALL!” IS NOTHING NEW IN FLORIDA. MAJOR LEAGUE SPRING TRAINING BEGAN HERE IN 1888, WHEN THE WASHINGTON STATESMEN

(LATER THE WASHINGTON SENATORS) VISITED JACKSONVILLE TO PLAY A SERIES OF PRE-SEASON EXHIBITION GAMES.

FLORIDA BECAME A ...

Grapefruit League- Ed Smith Stadium- Baltimore Orioles

HEARING AN UMPIRE CALL “PLAY BALL!” IS NOTHING NEW IN FLORIDA. MAJOR LEAGUE SPRING TRAINING BEGAN HERE IN 1888, WHEN THE WASHINGTON STATESMEN

(LATER THE WASHINGTON SENATORS) VISITED JACKSONVILLE TO PLAY A SERIES OF PRE-SEASON EXHIBITION GAMES.

FLORIDA BECAME A ...

Grapefruit League- Jet Blue Park- Boston Red Sox

HEARING AN UMPIRE CALL “PLAY BALL!” IS NOTHING NEW IN FLORIDA. MAJOR LEAGUE SPRING TRAINING BEGAN HERE IN 1888, WHEN THE WASHINGTON STATESMEN

(LATER THE WASHINGTON SENATORS) VISITED JACKSONVILLE TO PLAY A SERIES OF PRE-SEASON EXHIBITION GAMES.

FLORIDA BECAME A ...

Grapefruit League- Champion Stadium- Atlanta Braves

HEARING AN UMPIRE CALL “PLAY BALL!” IS NOTHING NEW IN FLORIDA. MAJOR LEAGUE SPRING TRAINING BEGAN HERE IN 1888, WHEN THE WASHINGTON STATESMEN

(LATER THE WASHINGTON SENATORS) VISITED JACKSONVILLE TO PLAY A SERIES OF PRE-SEASON EXHIBITION GAMES.

FLORIDA BECAME A ...

Florida Caverns State Park

THIS SUMMER, AS THE TEMPERATURE RISES, WHY NOT CHECK OUT AN UNDERGROUND SPOT THAT’S BOUND TO STAY COOL? INSIDE THE CAVE AT THE FLORIDA CAVERNS STATE PARK, THE TEMPERATURE’S ALWAYS ABOUT 65 DEGREES.

IN ADDITION TO GUIDED CAVE TOURS, THE ...

Grapefruit League- Plant Field, Tampa

Hearing an umpire call “play ball!” is nothing new in Florida. Major league spring training began here in 1888, when the Washington Statesmen (later the Washington Senators) visited Jacksonville to play a series of pre-season exhibition games.

Florida became a popular ...

Fort Mose

In 1693, King Charles II of Spain decreed that runaway slaves would be given sanctuary in his colonies. Many fugitives subsequently made their way to St. Augustine and helped defend the colony against British attacks. In 1728, the Spanish governor ...

First Christmas- Tallahassee

Sixteenth Century Spanish conquistador Hernando De Soto and his army spent years exploring the American South, but their presence has been positively identified only in Tallahassee. While investigating the grounds of the historic home of former Governor John Martin in ...

First Thanksgiving-St. Augustine

52 years after Juan Ponce de Leon walked ashore on Florida’s east coast -- and over five decades before the Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony -- Pedro Menendez de Aviles (Ah-vee-lays) stepped onshore at what would become the city of St. ...