Scott Moore. Fernando Perez. Bryan Lahair. Koyie Hill. Lou Montanez. Marquez Smith. Josh Vitters. Brett Jackson. James Adduci. Bobby Scales. Welington Castillo. Max Ramirez. Augie Ojeda. Brad Snyder. Chris Robinson. Randy Wells. Andrew Cashner. Ryan Dempster.
Matt Garza. Tony Campana. Carlos Zambrano. Steve Clevenger. Kyler Burke. Carlos Silva. Nate Samson. Rebel Ridling. Ryan Flaherty. Marwin Gonzalez. DJ LeMahieu. Junior Lake. Jae-Hoon Ha. Braden Looper. Nelson Perez. James Russell. Evan Crawford. Matt Szczur. Michael Burgess. Jason Bour. Matt Spencer. Jay Jackson. Matthew Cerda. Todd Wellemeyer. Blake Lalli. Wes Darvill. Logan Watkins. Jeff Samardzija. Kerry Wood. Carlos Marmol.
Sean Marshall. Casey Coleman. A Cubs spring game has always been a mix of diehard fans probably more than the average spring match and those attracted to a more casual experience, hanging out on the berm with the likes of Ronny Woo Woo and downing an adult beverage or three. The spring-training facility is in two parts, albeit in the same block: the ballpark is separate from a 65,square-foot administrative facility with 10, square feet of workout space, multiple clubhouses, team offices, rehab facilities, meeting spots and more.
The workout area is spacious, with the latest in workout gear on two levels and plenty of Cubs branding within, including championship banners, logos on the actual workout machines, and a huge mural of Wrigley Field at one end.
The workout space opens up via garage doors to a football field yes, football fields are big in training facilities and a shaded area. Multiple practice fields are to the west and east of the building.
The team dresses in this administrative space and then walks to the ballpark via a dedicated roped-off area before the game. Before the game, take a minute to walk along the south side of Sloan Park the side facing Rio Salado Parkway and check out the montage of Cubs logos on the ballpark exterior. The Cubs have always been the best-branded team in baseball, and looking at the changes in the Cubs logos over the years is a nice reminder of that branding.
Once in the ballpark, fans will be treated to lots of shade, plenty but not too many Wrigley Field touches, and upgraded concessions and amenities. The Wrigley touches are there, but not overwhelming.
The same type of bricks used in Wrigley Field have been installed in the backdrop as well as the suite level. A clock atop the videoboard is the same design as the center-field scoreboard clock at Wrigley.
The outfield dimensions are exactly the same as Wrigley Field. The pitch of the berm resembles the fabled Wrigley Field bleachers. Most fans will park east of the ballpark, and the natural tendency will be to enter the ballpark in the right-field corner, but walk around the exterior of the park past the first-base gates and enter the home-plate entrance to see the exterior touches.
The biggest fan attraction with a direct tie to Wrigley Field: a replica of the famous marquee installed at ground level down the right-field line. Renderings of the ballpark showed this mounted on an exterior wall a la Wrigley Field and raised on a tower; putting the marquee on ground level was sheer genius. Fans can request a custom message on the marquee and take a picture with their names displayed to the crowd.
One more tie to Wrigley Field: bleachers in the outfield. You are quite a ways from the action up in the seats, but the Cubs enhanced the rooftop experience with four sections of seating — two sets of bleachers, two sets of covered four tops — and plenty of concession stands. Why ? Be sure to use from of the free sunscreen, located in dispensers near the restrooms. The whole point is to mimic the Wrigley Field rooftop experience.
Both are located on field level beyond the home-run fence, with the Cubs in left field and the visitors in right field. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. UPDATE: The Cubs officially released their spring training schedule today; the only differences between the one I posted here a couple of weeks ago and the official schedule is the addition of two games in Las Vegas, against a split squad of Reds on March 12 and a split squad of Dodgers on March Also, the Cubs will be playing some sort of intrasquad game in Mesa on March 30, the day after the regular Mesa spring schedule ends -- this so they can keep the pitching rotation on schedule and not have two days off before Opening Day in Chicago in April 1.
The rest of this post is the original post from December 1. Tickets will go on sale online and by phone Jan. The Cubs ' spring training schedule announcement is unusually late this year; one reason for that is that the Diamondbacks ' and Giants ' schedules were also delayed because they had been discussing opening the regular season in Taiwan. When that didn't happen, their spring schedules had to be finalized. The Cubs also have not yet finalized their schedule.
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