On the other hand. . . .

If that last one was a tad on the gloomy side, say your rosary and cheer up: Surgite, amici mei et venite -- the long winter of no baseball is over and Spring Training has begun.

Visual proof that it is so.

One fan's take on the happy day.

Can Gary Matthews have two (2) .300+ years in a row? Will Garret Anderson's plantar fasciitis heal (it took mine over two years)? Who's going to own first base this year? What does Mickey Hatcher do for a living?

O, quam bonum et quam iucundum. . . .