Spring training has arrived. It might sound cliché, even corny, but for those who love baseball, these are the best four words in the English language:
Pitchers and catchers report.
Spring training signals that winter and cold weather soon will be gone, ahead is sunshine, warmth, hope, grass as green as a highway sign and road trips to and across Florida and Arizona. It means school will be out before long, summer vacations will commence and the wonderful rhythm of a baseball season will begin.
And yet, right now, it doesn't feel like right. It doesn't feel like spring training.