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    Spring training fueled boom in Arizona's Cactus League. Owners' lockout puts it in jeopardy.

    by Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times Feb 15, 2022 4 minutes

    The COVID-19 pandemic cut short spring training in 2020. It compelled Cactus League teams to keep about three out of four seats empty in 2021. A pandemic is no one's fault.

    A lockout is different. It is not an act of God. It is an act of Major League Baseball owners.

    This is the week players were scheduled to report to spring training. That is not happening. Cactus League games are scheduled to start next week. That is not happening, either.

    In Arizona, that does not sit well. Cactus League cities built ballparks for major league owners who currently refuse to play.

    "I'm very upset," Glendale, Ariz., city manager Kevin Phelps said.

    The Dodgers hold spring training in Glendale. That city's costs

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