We made it, everybody. After one of the worst off-seasons I can remember in terms of excitement and general feeling around the fanbase, baseball is back. Somehow the complaints about payroll and agita about inactivity fade under the light of the Arizona sun in the face of real actual baseball—stash your arguments about spring training being glorified practice for another day. The days are getting longer and lighter, baseball things are happening; today is a celebration. And we could all do with some of that right now.
Lineups:
You’ll see some of your favorites right out of the gate here, at least for a while, with the first four-ish hitters looking like what we’ll expect in-season.