In 1943, the New York Yankees held their spring training in Asbury Park instead of Florida.Staff. "Spring Baseball Training Brings Visitors To Asbury Park—Poconos Events; Asbury Park's Season", The New York Times, March 28, 1943. Accessed August 4, 2012. "Asbury Park, N.J.—Spring training of the New York Yankees baseball team has quickened the arrival of visitors this year, many of them bent on watching the conditioning of professional athletes north of the Mason–Dixon line." This was because rail transport had to be conserved during the war, and Major League Baseball's Spring Training was limited to an area east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River.Suehsdorf, A. D. (1978). The Great American Baseball Scrapbook, p. 103. Random House. .
