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The long winter is slowly coming to a close. While most of the country continues to suffer from freezing temperatures, the baseball season is ready to start warming up with pitchers and catchers reporting in a mere 15 days and the first full-squad workout just five days after that. While we’re itching for any baseball news and that’s surely something to look forward to, the real start to baseball season for A’s fans begins five days after the full team gets back together. You can be certain that February 22nd is circled on this fan’s calendar, the first spring games for the Athletics.