The 2025 MLB spring training games begin this week in Arizona, giving fans an early chance to see their favorite teams and players in action at Cactus League venues throughout the Valley.

Even better, it does so here. In Arizona. Spring training is as close as Major League Baseball gets to its roots, to the game that once really was our national pastime. Need a break? Play the USA ...

For the first time in MLB history, a pitch was challenged using the new Automated Ball-Strikes system — and the call on the ...