That cool spring breeze coupled with the bright blue skies doesn’t just signal the beginning of spring, it gives St. Louis Cardinals fans, such as myself, the satisfaction of watching baseball again. This dreary offseason featured a drawn out, anticlimactic contract negotiation game in which highly coveted free agents Bryce Harper and Manny Machado stalled for months to sign with a team.
With the winter offseason in the rearview mirror, however, the realization that the season is just a month or so away is enough to give even a casual MLB fan a sense of excitement and anticipation to watch their favorite team compete for a chance to play in postseason October baseball.