The COVID-19 pandemic cut short spring training in 2020. It compelled Cactus League teams to keep about three out of four seats empty in 2021. A pandemic is no one’s fault. A lockout is different. It ...

What is the Cactus League and how is it different from the Grapefruit League? originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Before there’s an American and National League, there’s a Cactus and Grapefruit ...

While some other types of cacti might bloom around Easter, they’re not technically an Easter cactus. That title goes to a different plant: Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri. With the common name “Easter cactus ...

The Arizona Republic recently published a story about how MLB spring training game attendance was down in the first week of the Cactus League and the MLB lockout was cited as a big factor in the low ...

A Christmas cactus grows best when it's slightly pot-bound. In fact, most Christmas cacti thrive for many years without being ...

You haven't lived until you've sprawled out under the Arizona sun with a cold beer in hand at a midweek afternoon baseball game. Bonus points if you snapped a photo and sent it to some poor schmuck ...

In 23 days, your defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers are set to report to spring training in Glendale, Ariz. The mayor of Glendale would prefer they did not. He signed a Cactus League ...