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Posted: Thursday March 5, 2009 12:14PM; Updated: Saturday March 7, 2009 6:42PM

Tale of the Tape

SI.com's Cory McCartney sizes two spring traditions.

Spring Training	Spring Break
Locations
Arizona, Florida	Cancun, Daytona Beach, Panama City, South Padre Island
Tradition
Field (spring home of the Mets)	Behaving badly (Drinking, casual hookups, etc.)
Sign That
Winter is coming to an end	Relationships are coming to an end
Contests
Exhibition games	Wet T-shirt, dance
Customary Apparel

Uniforms	Bikinis
Occupational Hazard
Not making the big-league roster	STDs
Makes You Feel Like
Anything is possible	Anyone is poseable
Relaxed
Atmosphere	Morals
Biggest Stars

Derek Jeter (above), David Ortiz, etc.	GGW boss Joe Francis

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