While blizzards pound the altitudes of the high Sierra, fraying into a wintry mix that coats the hills overlooking San Jose and peppers the Hollywood sign above L.A., spring has sprung in the desert. Major League Baseball unfolds its limbs and yawns out of hibernation into its first weekend of games with our San Francisco Giants visiting the Chicago Cubs in Mesa, Arizona.
The GOAT calls the first pitch of the spring pic.twitter.com/wJcDXOMWjo
— KNBR (@KNBR) February 25, 2023
As pleasant and familiar it is to dial KNBR on the radio and hear Duane Kuiper’s and Jon Miller’s sonorous call already in mid-season form, spring training will always be slightly off-brand.