“People ask me what I do in the winter when there’s no baseball. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” – Rogers Hornsby
“There are only two seasons. Winter and baseball.” – Bill Veeck
“[Baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger, physical stoicism, tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be blessing to us.” – Walt Whitman
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast.” – Alexander Pope
Good morning, and welcome to the shortest work week of the year if you are lucky enough to have Friday off.