Francisco Casa Grande was Spring Training heaven
It was a fan’s dream, a player’s respite and a sportswriter’s greatest wish when out on the road. Tom Meehan at the Fresno Bee proclaimed it would “probably become the eighth wonder of the world.” Sid Ziff called it “the jewel of the desert.” And the spread they offered was
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