Baseball Baseball Baseball!

Breathe in real deep. Now, do it again. You smell that? That’s baseball in the air! These cold, windy, and wet days of winter are finally filled with the hope and anticipation of renewal, with green grass and warm breezes.

Spring training kicks off this week with full team workouts. Pitchers and catchers have been in camp for a week now, along with most outfielders. The rest of the position players report today with full workouts commencing.

The Cardinals (and we Cardinal fans), coming off a disappointing 2007 season, are filled with anticipation, as key veterans such as Jim Edmonds, Scott Rolen, David Eckstein, and So Taguchi are gone, bringing fresh competition to key positions. Rick Ankiel, Colby Rasmus, Brian Barton, Ryan Ludwick, Chris Duncan, and Skip Shumaker are competing for three outfield spots, with no one a shoe-in. The pitching staff is also very deep. If and when everyone gets healthy it’ll be a challenge to find a place to use some of these guys.

Breathe in deep my friend, ’cause that’s baseball in the air. WOOHOO!!

~ by Brian on February 18, 2008.