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Come Fan with UsWednesday, August 5, 2026

Spring Training: Only In Arizona

Yes: the new Diamondbacks and Rockies spring-training field, at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale, comes with complimentary sun-screen dispensers at the top of the outfield lawn grass. They weren't really needed today - it was only 62 degrees at game-time and cloudy - but anyone who has been to Arizona knows it doesn't take long for the sun to turn from a pleasure into an enemy. The worst sun-stroke I've ever had was at a spring training game, so nice to see the teams thinking of the fans.

↵Now, if they could also work on my idea of complimentary beer - just to stave off dehydration, y’know...

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