Driving into work this morning I was listening to Murph and Mac on KNBR, live from Scottsdale, and they had on a bunch of players -- including Bengie Molina, who talked about how he couldn't sleep last night because he was so excited for today's game. He also said (and I'm paraphrasing here)"We can't worry about tomorrow's game, we have to win today."

When Bengie Molina describes the first Spring Training game as a must-win, it's hard not to get excited. I'm thrilled that baseball is back, and wish I was in Mesa today for the first game.

That's all. Your odes to spring and baseball are welcome.