While some teams begin playing their spring training games on Friday, the teams that matter — the Cleveland Indians and the Indians of Cleveland — begin on Saturday, the true start of spring training.
The Indians’ first game takes place in Goodyear Ballpark against the Cincinnati Reds at 3:05 p.m. If you consider the first spring training game the official start of the baseball season, rejoice. Your torment is over. If the feeling of real baseball doesn’t kick in for you until Opening Day, join me in the darkness for another month.