Finally, baseball has returned to Salt River Fields. Nature truly is healing. It’ll be the first game here since the plug was rudely pulled on the 2020 spring training season on March 12, so almost a full year. There was then several months of unexpected no baseball, before the “MLB Lite” version of the schedule that unfolded. And like most Lite things, the results of the season were largely bland and a poor substitute for the real thing, leaving a nasty, chemical aftertaste in the mouth, tasting vaguely of LA smog... Here’s to a palate-cleansing 2021 season, which gets under way this afternoon.
Spring Training Gameday Thread #1: 2/28 vs. Rockies
