Saunders: My 20 favorite things about Rockies spring training

Colorado Rockies center fielder Charlie Blackmon (19) signs an autograph for Geoff Lynch and his son Summit prior to the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Feb. 23, 2018 at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Scottsdale, Arizona. It never fails.

Every year when I return home from spring training, I get two questions.

No. 1: How much golf did you play?

No. 2: How come you’re not tan?

My answers: No. 1, believe it or not, I’m working, so there’s no time for golf. No. 2, believe it or not, I’m working; plus I’m Irish and we don’t tan very well.

And truth be told, for a beat writer, spring training often becomes a Ground Hog Day grind. But this is not a woe-is-me column. Spending six weeks…