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Cactus League

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The Cactus League is a group of Major League Baseball (MLB) teams that hold their spring training in Arizona. Spring training is the period in the spring when baseball teams play practice games to prepare for the regular season. The MLB season, which includes 162 games per team, starts in late March or early April after spring training concludes in February.12

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