"'Pitchers and catchers report.' It's one of those sports phrases that true baseball fans understand has magical qualities. That is the day each year that baseball fans look forward to because it is so full of symbolic meaning. It signals the return of baseball and the approaching end of winter. Exhibition games will soon be played in Florida and Arizona, and later real games will begin. There will be standings to peruse, box scores to examine, and that day's probable pitchers to speculate about."
To help me through the long winter, I'm reading a book my dad got me for my birthday last year. It's called Living on the Black by John Feinstein, and it's seriously amazing. It follows two future Hall of Fame pitchers as they make their way through a year of playing for New York teams. It's pretty great.
I love sports. We all know that. Football and college basketball are fun. But baseball will always have my heart. It's magical for so many reasons that I won't go into now. You will see a happy girl when I get to hear the first ball hit the mitt.
Countdown to pitchers and catchers: 18 days
Opening night: 71 days
1.24.2009
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