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Today’s the day where every year Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium hosts a Spring training game between the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals.

If you’ve never taken your kid or grandkid to a baseball game, it’s an opportunity you’re not going to miss. While Football may be the country’s most popular sport, there’s still something magic about baseball that makes it an incredibly enjoyable bonding experience for families.

When: Friday, March 1st, at 1:00pm

Where: Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium - 4751 Main St, Jupiter, FL 33458

Click here to buy tickets.

Roger Dean

Roger Houston Dean was born in 1915 and served as a naval officer in World War II. He started his career as an auto dealer with Ford Motor Company in 1947 and became one of the

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The Houston Astros are playing the Washington Nationals to open up spring training this Saturday. The game will be followed by a fireworks display, it’s the perfect event for the whole family!

While football may reign supreme in terms of popularity, Baseball is still America’s pastime. There’s something relaxing and nostalgic about the sport that’s difficult to describe. If you’ve never taken your kids or grandkids to a game, it’s a bonding experience that you’re not going to want to miss

FITTEAM Ballpark

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches is a baseball park located in West Palm Beach, Florida. The stadium has a capacity of 6,500 people in fixed seats with room for 1,000 more on the outfield berm. The stadium hosts the Houston Astros and

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February means the return of baseball for many fans. Spring Training brings a new season of goals and expectations for the upcoming baseball season. The Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter hosts two professional baseball teams for their Spring Training, The Miami Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium is the only stadium complex in the country that host four minor league teams and only one of two in Florida to host two major league teams. The minor league teams include the Jupiter Hammerheads, Palm Beach Cardinals, Gulf Coast Marlins and the Gulf Coast Cardinals.

The teams share the field for the games but have their own practice fields, outdoor batting cages, numerous pitching mounds, and state of the art conditioning rooms.

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This Saturday, November 17th, ESPN West Palm will be hosting their annual charity softball games at Roger Dean Stadium in Abacoa. Benefiting FAU’s Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (FAU CARD), families are welcome to enjoy activities such as arts and crafts, autograph signing, a petting zoo, games, face painting, and bounce houses from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The first softball game, FirstService Residential vs. Entrusted, will start at 10:30 a.m.

The second game will start at noon, with the winner of the first game playing John C. Cassidy Air Conditioning.

Roger Dean Stadium is located at 4751 Main Street in Downtown Abacoa, Jupiter, Florida.

To purchase tickets, go here.

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This year, some of the best high-academic baseball players in the country will flock to Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida to showcase their talent in front of more than 70 collegiate recruiters.

From Air Force to Yale, college coaches in attendance will be scouting for promising young baseball players at the only Headfirst Honor Roll Camp in the Southeast area of the United States.

The morning will include offensive and defensive showcases, batting practice, objective measurements, and three live games. The Headfirst Honor Roll team- all of which are either current or former high-academic athletes themselves- will offer insight, guidance, and advice.

Video footage of the camp will be distributed to coaches in attendance, and will be tagged

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Baseball is not only America's favorite pastime, but also a popular sport to watch in the Palm Beaches thanks to the fact that it's home to two state-of-the-art stadiums complete with killer box seats. The Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium in Jupiter is the home of the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals and the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West Palm is the training base of the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals. The organizations have announced the 2019 spring training schedules for the teams beginning on February 23rd- pick the games you definitely want to attend:

Roger Dean:

Feb. 23: St. Louis Cardinals at Marlins

Feb. 24: Washington Nationals at Cardinals

Feb. 25: Detroit Tigers at Cardinals

Feb. 26: Houston Astros at Marlins

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Baseball is widely known as America’s favorite pastime and it has hit Palm Beach County out of the ballpark.  The baseball enthusiasm began in New York metropolitan area in the mid-1850.  There were 16 area clubs registered with the first governing body of baseball, the National Association of Base Ball Players. By 1863, the National Association of Base Ball Players changed a major rule that disallowed an “out” made by catching a fair ball on the first bounce.

Baseball has not changed much since the early days of the sport. Florida has a rich baseball history.  It has been a very popular sport in South Florida because of the year a round accommodating climate. Many clubs over the years have brought their clubs to Palm Beach County for “spring

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