Postcard from Arizona: The Angels and Tempe

TEMPE, Ariz.– If you have a long memory, it probably stuns you to be reminded that the Angels just wrapped up their 26th spring in Tempe Diablo Stadium.
Or that this ballpark is now officially the oldest ballpark in the Cactus League, since Scottsdale Stadium has been remodeled (and will be again in the next couple of years).
Or that this means it was 1992 that the Angels last played exhibition games in Palm Springs, in a facility then known as “Angels Stadium” (and before that