D-backs/Rockies getting set for ST at Salt River Fields

It's almost showtime for the new $100 million Spring Training complex in Scottsdale to be shared by the D-backs and Rockies.  The facility has put together a very nice website at http://www.saltriverfields.com, where among other things, you can use the live webcam to watch the progress (http://www.saltriverfields.com/the-project/live-webcam.aspx).  D-backs President Derrick Hall has a quick video of the site as well (http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=13089877).

With an 11,000-seat capacity ballpark along with 12 practice fields on 140 acres, it's an impressive venue for not only the 6 weeks of Spring Training, but also for use as a general purpose facility for concerts, festivals, baseball, and soccer tournaments the rest of the year.  It also looks to be a good offseason location for player use.  One cool idea developed here is that both the Rockies and D-backs will each have a practice field that has the exact dimensions of their respective ballparks, Coors Field and Chase Field.

While the new complex will be fun to go see for the first time this Spring, I'm really just looking forward to baseball again.  Nothing beats the smell of fresh cut grass as you approach the practice fields for the early spring team workouts.  Come on February...get here already!