It is a place every Phillies fan should visit at least once.
“Most of us feel like it’s a second home,” the late Paul Owens told The Tampa Tribune in 1996. “It’s always been a good relationship, and all of a sudden you look up and 50 years have gone by.”
Before the Phillies settled in Pinellas County, they trained in 20 different locations in 10 states from 1900-46: North Carolina (Washington, Southern Pines, Wilmington and Charlotte), Virginia (Richmond), Georgia (Savannah and Augusta), Alabama (Birmingham), Arkansas (Hot Springs), Mississippi (Biloxi), Texas (New Braunfels), Florida (St. Petersburg, Gainesville, Leesburg, Bradenton, Winter Haven and Miami Beach), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Hershey) and Delaware (Wilmington).
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