Borrowing a February 2008 post from Ye Olde MySpace blog (long since dormant) to celebrate this oh-so-special day.
Happy Start of Spring Training everyone!
"The pitchers and catchers report today.
Repeat the sentence over and over again like a mantra. Close your eyes and relax, thinking about the warm desert sun.
Take a deep breath and repeat the sentence again, imagining Felix Hernandez throwing his first fastballs of the new year to catcher Kenji Johjima.
Find your baseball Zen and listen to the pop of leather as the pitchers throw their first long tosses. Hear the crack of the bat, a spring sound as familiar as the robin's first tweets.
Soon the doors of Safeco Field will creak open. Spring is coming. Baseball's got next.
Pitchers and catchers report today."
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Is it sad that I literally let out a sigh of relief as I read this? OK, I think I know the answer to that. But you've got to hand it to Steve Kelley for having the ability to evoke that kind of emotion through words. The true writer/journa-geek in me thinks that is absolutely amazing.
Full article from today's Seattle Times here.
