For those of you who don’t follow the Olympics, could care less whether Brett Favre will play another year, don’t care about basketball, and have been hit with snow in the last week (yes, that includes you in Texas too), get a warm feeling! Baseball is on it’s way back!

No, it’s not quite the summer months yet, so don’t pull out the shorts from the closet quite yet… but today marks the first day of mandatory pitchers and catchers practice! Position players are required to join the battery men next week, but some teams start to assemble today, and the rest start to get together this week. Not even every free agent has signed yet, but you can bet that they will be eager to sign soon in order to prepare for the regular season.

I don’t know about you, but this baseball fan is very happy to see his favorite sport return to the grassy fields for another season!

I have never officially been in Florida or Arizona for Spring Training, but I hear it is awesome. I was down there two years ago to see a Cardinals/Mets game (Cards won!) and I was disappointed that I could not stay longer to see some practices and just get a better feeling for what goes on each day down there. One of my goals in life is to spend a week in Florida to see my Cards practice and play some games. The cool thing is that the stadiums are so small that you are guaranteed to have a good seat, and the seats aren’t as expensive as the regular season.

So if you’re lucky enough to be attending one of these camps, I envy you! And if you’re not, try and visit your favorite team at one point in your life – it’ll be worth it (and I haven’t even done it yet)!

-Chris