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SPRING FEVER: Major league clubs were allowed...

By Craig Stanke, Mike DiGiovanna and Bob Nightengale

SPRING FEVER: Major league clubs were allowed to start spring training Friday, but the Angels waited until today to begin workouts at their new home, Tempe Diablo Stadium in Arizona. . . . The club, which used to train in Mesa, Ariz., and Palm Springs, now has a 15-year lease in the newly renovated facility. “We’re excited about it,” says Tempe Mayor Harry Mitchell. “They’re a class group.” The stadium, which holds 9,785, will be dedicated Saturday, with the first game against Oakland on March 7.

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Mike DiGiovanna

Mike DiGiovanna is a former sports writer at the Los Angeles Times who contributed to the coverage of the Dodgers, Angels and Chargers. He won Associated Press Sports Editors awards for feature-story writing in 2017 and game-story writing in 2001 and Orange County Press Club Awards for feature and game-story writing in 1996 and 1997. A native of East Lyme, Conn., and a graduate of Cal State Fullerton, he began writing for The Times in 1981 and retired in 2025.

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