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Top 10 Reasons Spring Training is Better Than Training Camp
Fighting
02.8.11, 11:25 AM CST

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Within a week at an NFL training camp it’s highly likely that two lineman will not only be fighting, but swinging their helmets at each other’s heads. In fact, this is such a common occurrence that coaches routinely let the fight play out before stepping in to break it up.

Spend an entire spring on a Major League Baseball team on the other hand, and you might find yourself in the middle of a benches-clearing shove match (those odds increase if Shelley Duncan is on your team).

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