January 21, 2016 · 5:29 am
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Stros, Nats New Spring Training Facility: ‘The Landfill at West Palm Beach’?

Washington Nationals LogoHouston Astros New LogoThankfully it’s only temporary, but the construction site of the new spring-training facility for the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros in West Palm Beach (FL) smells like a trash dump.  That’s because a team of tractors have been digging up long-buried mounds of trash on the 160-acre site, which was used as a landfill from about 1955 until 2000.  Read more and view photo here.

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One response to “Stros, Nats New Spring Training Facility: ‘The Landfill at West Palm Beach’?”

  1. ballparkbiz
    January 21, 2016 at 7:50 am

    For some reason, this story made think of my favorite character (far left) from a brew-based cinema masterpiece:

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