Walt Disney World to host Atlanta Braves for eighth year of spring
training
Disney's Wide World of Sports complex offers team MLB training Feb.
17 - March 31
The Atlanta Braves are returning to Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex
for Major League Baseball Spring Training in February and March 2005.
The Braves will conduct two weeks of workouts before playing a 16-game
home schedule against 11 MLB teams during their eighth spring season
at the 220-acre sports complex at Walt Disney World Resort.
Braves pitchers and catchers report on Feb.17, with their first workout
set for Feb. 18. Position players arrive Feb. 22, with the first full-squad
workout on Feb. 23. The Braves play their home spring training games
at Cracker Jack Stadium at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex.
The National League East division champion Braves, the winningest team
in the major leagues over the past 14 years, open their 2005 spring
schedule with an exhibition against Georgia Tech on Mar. 2.
The first home game against a major league opponent is Mar. 4 against
the Los Angeles Dodgers. The division rival New York Mets travel to
Disney on two occasions, Mar. 6 and Mar. 26, while the American League
East champion New York Yankees play the Braves on Mar. 8 in one of the
most highly anticipated games of the spring at the Vacation Kingdom.
The National League champion St. Louis Cardinals play at Disney on
consecutive days (Mar. 20-21), marking the third straight year the Braves
and Cardinals are playing a back-to-back two-game series at Disney's
Wide World of Sports.
