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Cactus League expansion limited by funding, economic impact still significant

Ginger Poulson, Cronkite News//September 15, 2015//

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Cactus League expansion limited by funding, economic impact still significant

Cactus League expansion limited by funding, economic impact still significant

Ginger Poulson, Cronkite News//September 15, 2015//

Greater Phoenix has increasingly become a destination for MLB teams to prepare for the season. Seven ballclubs called the Valley their spring training home in 2002. By 2011, that number...

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