LAKELAND, Fla. — Baseball is back.
And Ben Verlander was doing the happy dance.
Verlander, younger brother to Justin Verlander, was driving down the Pacific Coast Highway in California, bopping his head to the music, singing along with John Fogerty’s classic baseball song, "Centerfield":
Verlander was smiling so hard he looked like his face was going to explode from happiness and joy. He started pointing at himself, singing the words a half-beat slow — the way I feel — dancing in his seat, while celebrating the end of the 99-day MLB lockout.