When the cold lion of march roars through wind-whipped America, baseball fans can not help but be warmed by the knowledge that spring training has arrived and, with it, thoughts of the many trips to the old ball yard that will be made in the months to come. "Ballparks are a national treasure," writes author David Lamb. "They are the guardians of our remembered youth, summer palaces with hearts of concrete and steel and souls as alive and vibrant as the roar of 50,000 voices. Here man and structure become one."
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