PHOENIX (AP) -The Arizona Diamondbacks have told Tucson and Pima County officials that they will move their spring training base out of Tucson Electric Park after 2010.
The move came after the Colorado Rockies notified the city and county that they would move from Hi Corbett Field, leaving the Diamondbacks as the only major league team in Tucson.
The Diamondbacks, who have wintered in Tucson since their inception in 1998, have been searching for a new spring training site in the Phoenix area.
The Arizona Daily Star obtained copies of the notices from the clubs to local officials.
Diamondbacks president Derrick Hall said in a statement that the Rockies’ decision to leave Tucson left his team in “the undesirable position as the only MLB team operating there beyond 2010.”
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