Is there any aspect of professional baseball less noticed or less cared about than extended spring training? Twenty years ago, the minor leagues mostly slid below fans’ radars. Now, they’re nearly ...

PHOENIX—Extended spring training is sometimes viewed by players as early-season purgatory. The nine-week period from early April through the first week of June is marked by a schedule of informal ...

Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said Monday that Painter will begin pitching in extended spring training games in a couple weeks, Todd Zolecki of MLB.com reports. Painter is ...

Spring chinook salmon passage at Bonneville Dam is only at about 25 percent of the 10-year average for the date. (RICK BOWMER/Associated Press) The spring season for spring Chinook salmon and hatchery ...