ESPN.com · Feb 18, 2016
Stark: 10 spring storylines
playESPN MLB analysts reveal who will win the 2016 World Series. (0:59)CLEARWATER, Fla. -- We interrupt that ice storm you're driving through for this important bulletin:
There is hope. There is warmth. There is sunshine. There is baseball. And it's happening. Like right now. On the same planet you live on.
There are pitchers. There are catchers. And they're reporting to spring training this very week. They're wearing gloves. Wearing shin guards. Hanging out in bullpens, and on actual pitchers' mounds. Surrounded by what appears to be actual grass, gleaming in the morning sun.
This is a real thing. We're not making this up. And you know what this means, don't you?