We’ve always heard the phrase “dog days” used to refer to the middle of the baseball season, the long summer months where it just seems to draaaaag along. But I’ll offer this counter: the real dog days are Spring Training.
Even though hope is always in the air every February as guys roll into camp, those workouts and exhibition games feel like a crawl towards the magic of Opening Day. There’s a ton of work that needs to be done in the spring that often gets overlooked by fans eagerly awaiting the start of “real games.