There is one article I have trouble writing every year, so I usually don’t write it at all because when does Spring Training really start?
I would love to write a countdown article for the beginning of Spring, because that is the beginning of the baseball season. So much will happen between now and April 6th that even though that is the real start of the season, the 2012 season starts now.
But when is now?
Is it tomorrow when Pitchers and Catchers “report”?
Is it the next day when they actually get their physicals?
Is it the day after that when they really work out?
Is it a few days later when the position players start camp?
Is it the first whole team work out?
Is it last week when players started to arrive at camp?
Is it more than a week ago when players were already working out?
Is it March 3rd when the Mets start playing Spring Training Games?
Is it the day before when the Mets play an intrasquad game?
The personal struggle I have with Spring Training articles is too many countdowns. Too many official days. So tomorrow on paper is the official start of spring, but spring has already started, especially with Johan throwing a session last Friday.
I am beyond excited that Spring is starting soon. I’m even more excited that Spring has already started.
