The St. Louis Cardinals have reported to Spring Training in Jupiter, Florida, and after the long tease of pitchers and catchers and everybody else finally reporting the games—the real, score-is-being-kept baseball games—are nearly here. Here's what the Cardinals' 2012 Grapefruit League dance card looks like, starting with their March 5 bout against the newly rechristened Miami Marlins. Televised games—they'll be on Fox Sports Midwest—are in italics; all times are Central.
March 5, 12:05: Cardinals vs. Marlins
March 6, 12:10: Cardinals at New York Mets
March 7, 12:05: Cardinals at Washington Natinoals.
March 8, 12:05: Cardinals vs. Boston Red Sox
March 9, 12:05: Cardinals at Minnesota Twins
March 10, 12:05: Cardinals at Marlins
March 11, 12:05 CDT: Cardinals vs. Nationals
March 12, 12:05: Split-squad Cardinals vs. Atlanta Braves, Nationals
March 13, 12:10: Cardinals at Mets
March 14, 12:05: Cardinals vs. Houston Astros
March 15, 1:35: Cardinals at Red Sox
March 16, 12:05: Cardinals vs. Marlins
March 17, 12:05: Cardinals at Detroit Tigers
March 18, 12:05: Cardinals vs. Marlins
March 19, 12:05: Cardinals at Braves
March 20, 12:05: Cardinals at Astros
March 21, 12:05: Cardinals vs Mets
March 22, 12:05: Cardinals vs. Nationals
March 23, 12:05: Cardinals at Marlins
March 24, 12:10: Cardinals at Mets
March 25, 12:05: Cardinals vs. Twins
March 26, 12:05: Cardinals vs. Mets
Match 28, 12:05: Cardinals vs. Tigers
March 29, 12:05: Cardinals at Marlins
March 30, 12:05: Cardinals vs. Mets
March 31, 12:05: Cardinals at Nationals
The Cardinals will play one more Spring Training contest against the Washington Nationals on April 1, and then head to Springfield, MIssouri, for their game against the Texas League Cardinals, before opening up the Marlins' new ballpark back in—well, Florida. For all that talk of going north at the end of the month's workouts and scrimmages, they don't spend much time up there...
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