It’s insidious this start of baseball every February. It starts with the rumblings of pitchers and catchers report in a week. Next thing you know there’s actually baseball news in the sports pages every day. Soon, you’re checking to see whose elbow is sore after throwing and who strained his left oblique. Then it’s who signed a contract extension and who’s still waiting for a visa in the D.R.
And before you know it, baseball is back. You’re filling out your brackets and watching the crocus’ poke out of the soil but what you’re really thinking is: when’s the first spring training game and which free agent signing is going to be the biggest bust this year.
Can Prince Fielder and Albert Pujols possibly be worth what they’ll be paid? Will the Washington Nationals actually be good? Can Manny be Manny in Oakland? Is a new home, a new manager and a new shortstop the winning formula in Miami? Will Buster Posey really not block the plate? Don’t know. Batter up!
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