Hello, friends.
There are now 42 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day. In the baseball world, this is a number that now means only Jackie Robinson. For my fellow nerds out there, it’s the answer to life, the universe, and everything from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Combined with pitchers and catchers reporting yesterday, it points to real baseball not being far off.
It’s another four days before the position players are required to report, with the first full squad workout a day after that. We aren’t quite there yet. Exhibition games start in another nine days, and once those begin, it’ll be the near-daily spring game ritual - the vast majority of which are not televised by MASN, thanks for that - until the roster is set and the team packs up and heads north to begin its season in Baltimore.