It’s early March. Florida — and Arizona, for some weird reason — is alive with the action of professional baseball teams knocking the rust off after another offseason of time spent with family, training, tweaking swings and deliveries, and doing whatever it is Daniel Norris does. From a fan perspective, the beginning of spring training is like Christmas. We awaken one February morning and emerge from our dens like so many groundhogs, but instead of searching for our shadows, we wander our environs excitedly uttering the words “pitchers and catchers report” like it’s some secret code or a language unto itself.
The 5 stages of spring training every baseball fan goes through
