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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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