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  Baltimore Orioles

 Ed Smith Stadium
 2700 12th Street
 Sarasota, FL 34237

 
 Ticket Information:  (941) 954-4101


 2010 Ticket Prices
 Infield Box $20; Lower Box $18; Reserved Grandstand $14; General Admission $9 adults;
 $5 kids (14 and under)
 Prime Game prices:  Infield Box $22; Lower Box $20, Reserved Grandstand $16; General
 Admission $11 adults; $7 kids (14 and under)
 
Prime Games are against the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox

 Individual tickets for all 16 Spring Training games at Ed Smith Stadium are currently on sale.

 CLICK HERE
for a Ed Smith Stadium seating diagram

 Pitchers and catchers report on February 17 and first workout is February 18.  Position players report on February 22 and first full
 squad workout is February 23.


 2010 Orioles Spring Training Schedule
 All Times Local - HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPS - Schedule subject to change
 DAY DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME
 Wed  March 3  TAMPA BAY RAYS  SARASOTA  1:05 p.m.
 Thur  March 4  Tampa Bay Rays  Port Charlotte  1:05 p.m.
 Fri  March 5  PITTSBURGH PIRATES  SARASOTA  7:05 p.m.
 Sat  March 6  Detroit Tigers  Lakeland  1:05 p.m.
 Sun  March 7  BOSTON RED SOX  SARASOTA  1:05 p.m.
 Mon  March 8  MINNESOTA TWINS  SARASOTA  1:05 p.m.
 Tues  March 9  TAMPA BAY RAYS  SARASOTA  1:05 p.m.
 Wed  March 10  Pittsburgh Pirates  Bradenton  7:05 p.m.
 Thur  March 11  Minnesota Twins  Fort Myers  7:05 p.m.
 Fri  March 12  FLORIDA MARLINS  SARASOTA  1:05 p.m.
 Sat  March 13  New York Yankees  Tampa  1:05 p.m.
 Sun  March 14  PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES  SARASOTA  1:05 p.m.
 Mon  March 15  Boston Red Sox  Fort Myers  1:05 p.m.
 Tues  March 16  Minnesota Twins  Fort Myers  1:05 p.m.
 Wed  March 17  TORONTO BLUE JAYS  SARASOTA  1:05 p.m.
 Thur  March 18  Toronto Blue Jays  Dunedin  1:05 p.m.
 Fri  March 19  Philadelphia Phillies  Clearwater  7:05 p.m.
 Sat  March 20  PITTSBURGH PIRATES  SARASOTA  1:05 p.m.
 Sat  March 20  Boston Red Sox  Fort Myers  1:05 p.m.
 Sun  March 21  Philadelphia Phillies  Clearwater  1:05 p.m.
 Mon  March 22  Off Day    
 Tues  March 23  Florida Marlins  Jupiter  1:05 p.m.
 Wed  March 24  St. Louis Cardinals  Jupiter  1:05 p.m.
 Thur  March 25  NEW YORK YANKEES  SARASOTA  1:05 p.m.
 Fri  March 26  MINNESOTA TWINS  SARASOTA  7:05 p.m.
 Sat  March 27  BOSTON RED SOX  SARASOTA  1:05 p.m.
 Sun  March 28  Toronto Blue Jays  Dunedin  1:05 p.m.
 Mon  March 29  NEW YORK YANKEES  SARASOTA  7:05 p.m.
 Tues  March 30  DETROIT TIGERS  SARASOTA  1:05 p.m.
 Wed  March 31  BOSTON RED SOX  SARASOTA  1:05 p.m.
 Thur  April 1  Tampa Bay Rays  Port Charlotte   1:05 p.m.
 Fri  April 2  New York Yankees  Tampa  1:05 p.m.
 Sat  April 3  NEW YORK METS  SARASOTA  1:05 p.m.

 Directions to Ed Smith Stadium
 South on I-75: Exit 213 (University Parkway West); Follow signs to Tuttle Avenue. Left on Tuttle Avenue to 12th Street.
 Right onto 12th Street.

 North on I-75: Exit 210 (Fruitville Road West); Fruitville Road to Tuttle Avenue. Right on Tuttle Avenue to 12th Street. Left on 12th
 Street.

 From Bradenton: 41 South to University Parkway. Left on University Parkway to Tuttle Avenue. Right on Tuttle Avenue to 12th Street.
 Right on 12th Street.


 Stadium Information
 Parking: $8
 Stadium built in 1989
 Dimensions: 340 feet left and right field lines 400 feet to centerfield.
 Seating Capacity: 7,500.
 2010 will be the Orioles first Spring Training at this location.



 Baltimore Orioles/St. Louis Browns
Spring Training Location History
 
(St. Louis Browns 1902-53)
 1914 St. Petersburg (Coffee Pot Bayou Park)
 1925-27 Tarpon Springs
 1928-36 West Palm Beach
 1942 Deland
 1947 Miami
 1955 Daytona Beach (City Island Ball Park)
 1959-88 Miami (Bobby Maduro Stadium)
 1989-90 Miami, Sarasota (Ed Smith Stadium)
 1991 Sarasota (Ed Smith Stadium)
 1992-95 St. Petersburg (Al Lang Field)
 1996-2009 Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale Stadium)
 2010 Sarasota (Ed Smith Stadium)

 Orioles to play in Sarasota in 2010 (Click link for Sarasota Herald Tribune article, July 24, 2009)

 
Attending an Orioles Game at Ed Smith Stadium
 
The 53-acre site houses the stadium and the surrounding spring-training complex with four-and-a-half practice fields and 35,000 square
 feet of clubhouses and office space.  It maintains a national reputation as a premier baseball facility and continues to be the mecca of
 baseball activity in the this area.

Local musicians get fans fired up in the main concourse.  Within the friendly confines of this 6,500 seat stadium, there's not a bad seat in the house to view the game or the beautiful palm trees that line the outfield fence

 
Sarasota has a long history of spring training baseball dating back to the 1920's and Calvin Nathaniel Payne. John McGraw's New York Giants held spring training at Payne Park from 1924 through 1927 at the persuasion of one of his good friends John Ringling. After the Giants left in 1927, the Boston Red Sox called Payne Park their spring training home from 1933 until 1958 and were followed by the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds.

 

 Orioles Spring Training Attendance (2000-2009) 

. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total Attendance 71,592 75,007 74,047 71,453 82,683 92,546 80,219 77,090 74,373 73,415
Number of Games 13 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 14 16
Average Attendance 5,507 5,358 5,289 4,764 5,906 6,610 5,730 5,506 5,312 4,588

 Area Information
 Sarasota Convention & Visitors Bureau, (800) 522-9799 or www.sarasotafl.org

 Other nearby Spring Training sites
 McKechnie Field, Bradenton, Home of the Pittsburgh Pirates - 13 miles to the North
 Charlotte Sports Park, Port Charlotte, Home of the Tampa Bay Rays - 39 miles to the South
 Bright House Field, Clearwater, Home of the Philadelphia Phillies - 54 miles to the North
 Steinbrenner Field, Tampa, Home of the New York Yankees, 57 miles to the North
 Dunedin Stadium, Dunedin, Home of the Toronto Blue Jays, 61 miles to the North
 City of Palms Park, Fort Myers, Home of the Boston Red Sox - 76 miles to the South


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