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Three days later, Ohman was walking to the bullpen before a spring-training game when he noticed a camera crew was trailing him.

Baseball's Pastime: Pranking Scott Cacciola 2011

— When Jason Isringhausen showed up at the Mets' spring-training complex Tuesday, he was unemployed.

A Former Met Gets Another Chance Brian Costa 2011

When the team wrapped up its final Fort Lauderdale stay in 1995, Marsh Samuel, the club's spring-training coordinator, told the Miami Herald, "This has been tragic."

Baseball Left, Never Looked Back Jeff Pearlman 2011

Michael Wolverton of Baseball Prospectus did an analysis in 2009, running spring-training records of all teams from 1996 to 2009 and found that there is a relationship, but it's a very weak one—with a correlation co-efficient of .15 a 1 is a perfectly correlated relationship, 0 is no correlation—it may as well have been non-existent.

Are Spring Training Games Pointless? Daniel Barbarisi 2011

"The correlation is only .135, indicating no significant correlation between spring-training and regular-season winning percentages over the past 49 years," Aurand said.

Are Spring Training Games Pointless? Daniel Barbarisi 2011

As baseball fans flock to Arizona and Florida to engulf the last crumbs of innocence from an increasingly corporate spring-training landscape T-shirts!

Baseball Left, Never Looked Back Jeff Pearlman 2011

Associated Press Newly acquired Mets pitcher Chris Young, who is trying to earn a spot in the starting rotation, signs autographs on Feb. 18 at the Mets' spring-training facility in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Turning His Back on Bad Luck Brian Costa 2011

In Jupiter, Fla., site of the Cardinals' spring-training headquarters, Dave Sheinin reports that Manager Tony La Russa is quiet today, after lashing out at the players' union Tuesday, and, as expected, Pujols is not in camp today.

Albert Pujols, Cardinals: No deal at deadline Cindy Boren 2011

The Baltimore Orioles' spring-training home is Sarasota, Fla.

Corrections & Amplifications 2011

It's well-worn baseball wisdom that spring-training records are meaningless.

Are Spring Training Games Pointless? Daniel Barbarisi 2011