Found this interesting story in Tucson Weekly, discussing the White Sox probabilities of staying in Tucson for the long haul:

 

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents...t?oid=oid:52397

 

The article was a little confusing to me. At first it seems to say the Sox will move to Tempe, then offers that Reinsdorf has stated they'll stay in Tucson.

 

I'm not surprised they're looking into a move to Tempe, and as usual, Reinsdorf is playing his cards close to the vest. Especially since it appears other teams are interested in the Tempe facility as well.

 

I'll be down in Tucson for several days in March and will try to find out more.

That damn thin air just f***s with me. All the offensive numbers are inflated as well as the ERA's.

 

If you have a young pitcher trying to make the team that relies on breaking stuff, it's really hard to tell if it's the thin air or he's just plain getting rocked. I fear the ST where Honel is trying to break the rotation.

 

I also think it might f*** with a pitchers mindset. You take getting rocked in ST into the season and your confidence is shot.

hasn't seemed to hurt the Diamondbacks to train at the same facility the Sox use.

 

excuses, excuses, excuses.

but doesn't Arizona play their regular season in that same environment

Jim, if were down during the same time we'll have to meet up before a game.

I wish they were back in Florida so I could go see them every year during spring break. My dad is trying to convince my mom to go to Arizona instead of Florida this year, so I have to keep my fingers crossed.

I live in Tucson and I haven't heard anything about a move, so hopefully it's just a rumor. I would be mighty disappointed to have to make the drive to Phoenix if I wanted to see the Sox. I'm inclined to say that the Sox are going to stay though because the relatively new Tucson facility is much nicer than any they have in Tempe. Of course, Reinsdorf's a cheap bastard so he's probably looking for lower rent (and somewhere where attendance figures won't compete with the hometown Diamondbacks and he can ride the coattails of the Cubs by scheduling more Chicago on Chicago games). The coolest thing about having Spring Training here is you can go to the workouts before games even get started and the players are just reporting. You can to see them much closer up and can talk to them at the end and stuff. A couple years back I got Big Frank's, Ray Ray's and a couple other guys' autographs in a situation like that and got to chat with them for a while. If you're coming down to Tucson I would definitely recommend doing that. Also get Mexican food in South Tucson. Yummmm....