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Hochman: 'This is what baseball feels like.' Cardinals spring training is official, the season near

It’s green, but not infield-grass green — more like outfield-wall-at-Busch green.

When it pops opens, as it did sporadically on Tuesday morning, each time it’s a little surprise as to who will pop out. One time, it could be catcher Yadier Molina. Next time, it could be catcher Dennis Ortega. Hey, there’s Waino! Hey, there’s, um, Evan Kruczynski? Yep, so that’s Evan Kruczynski. The door could swing open and it could be Jack Flaherty and Dakota Hudson or Nolan Gorman and Matt Liberatore or Dexter Fowler and Dylan Carlson. But every Cardinal will have the same shared experience — his first time walking out of the Cardinals’ clubhouse into spring training.