Spring Training in Lakeland: A Detroit Tigers Tradition
Lakeland has been the spring home of the Detroit Tigers for longer than any other Major League city.
When the weather warms, baseball returns to Lakeland. The city has been the spring-training home of the Detroit Tigers since 1934 — the longest continuous spring-training relationship between a city and a team in Major League Baseball.
The Tigers play their spring games at Joker Marchant Stadium, and the tradition has made Lakeland a fixture on the Grapefruit League map for generations of fans.
A local rite of spring
For many residents, catching a spring game is an annual tradition — an affordable, up-close way to enjoy big-league baseball right in town. It’s one more thing that makes Lakeland’s community calendar a little brighter each year.
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