SPRING FEVER: Major league clubs were allowed...

By Craig Stanke, Mike DiGiovanna and Bob Nightengale

Feb. 22, 1993 12 AM PT

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SPRING FEVER: Major league clubs were allowed to start spring training Friday, but the Angels waited until today to begin workouts at their new home, Tempe Diablo Stadium in Arizona. . . . The club, which used to train in Mesa, Ariz., and Palm Springs, now has a 15-year lease in the newly renovated facility. “We’re excited about it,” says Tempe Mayor Harry Mitchell. “They’re a class group.” The stadium, which holds 9,785, will be dedicated Saturday, with the first game against Oakland on March 7.

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Mike DiGiovanna

Mike DiGiovanna has been covering Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Times since 1995 and spent 19 years as the Angels beat writer and two seasons on the Dodgers. He won Associated Press Sports Editors awards for game-story writing in 2001, feature-story writing in 2017 and breaking news in 2019. A native of East Lyme, Conn., and a graduate of Cal State Fullerton, he began writing for The Times in 1981.

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