Repeat after me: Spring is Coming
posted in 2006-07 offseason |Hey, good news. My Weatherbug says it’s above 0. I’m sure it even feels like it’s above 0, but I am yet to make the decision to verify that one myself. Instead, I keep thinking spring is coming soon.
This was evidenced by MLB.com, which for some reason felt the urge to put the Super Bowl on its front page and sell Colts championship products. That made little sense. The story is gone now, but the sentiment put forward by Mark Newman remains: It’s time for baseball.
Thanks for the handoff.
We promise not to fumble.
Major League Baseball is now officially back at the forefront of popular sports consciousness, now that the annual rite of passage has just occurred in the annual spectacle that is the Super Bowl.
The next step was watching a portion of the third game of the Tigers-Yankees ALDS series last night on FSN Detroit. (I missed the second game a week earlier.) I knew the result of the game, but I had forgot the exacts of how we got there. But it was just nice to have a baseball game back, a full crowd at Comerica Park chanting “Let’s go Tigers” and a blowout of the evil empire. FSN Detroit made an excellent decision to replay the games to build excitement for the season — not that excitement wasn’t there, but man if a big, green baseball field doesn’t look nice right about now when I see a 2+ foot deep channel of Marquette sidewalk running between snowbanks.
Third, Bilfer found a picture from the Spring Training complex in Lakeland. Fans aren’t the only ones excited for the season. Quite a few Tigers are already at camp, almost two weeks ahead of schedule. The complete set is available on Flickr if one photo wasn’t enough for you. Looks like quite a few invitees are there, too.
So, there we have it. Spring is Coming. Think warm thoughts.
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