Harbinger of Spring

Ah, baseball spring training has started. This has always been an indication to me that Spring was actually going to occur again and that the long nightmare of Winter (3 or 4 days in Austin) was over. Soon the regular season will return major league baseball to the coasts. This is important in view of the fact that the playoffs were abruptly cancelled last year when all teams from New York, Boston and Los Angeles were eliminated. Some teams from the middle of the country played some exhibition matches after that but since it was not important enough to be reported by the media, no one can be sure.