Coming soon to a ballpark near you. Spring Training will be starting in 2 to 3 weeks, a sign that summer is fast approaching. Your favorite team will be reporting to either Arizona or Florida in the coming weeks to get ready for competition, there they will try to get their bodies back in shape for the long season of 162 games and for some teams even more including post season games. Spring training games start with the Managers & Coaches preparing their workouts and laying out how they want to try and get their teams into game conditioning, and prepare them to get to the World Series. The next to report are the pitchers and catchers, then a few weeks later the rest of the team will report.
The pitchers and catchers will work closely together and develop a bond so that the catchers know his pitchers strengths and weaknesses. The starting pitchers have routines they follow because they will be given the ball approximately every 4 or 5 days. The relief pitchers have their own routine because they have to be ready to enter every game not just like the starting pitchers who work with four days rest in between each start. So the relief pitchers endurance has to be able to enter any game and be ready to pitch one, two, or even three innings to help his starting pitcher. Next, the final link is the Closer, this player when called upon must come in usually for only one inning, must stop the opposing team at all costs to preserve his starting pitchers win. Good luck to all the teams from Little League to the Majors, play, have fun, then come home every day with a Victory. 
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