Always waiting for the smell. That combination of dirt and warmth that signals not just the coming of spring but more distinctly: baseball. I caught a trace of something related this morning–closer, it’s getting there–but it wasn’t it. Still, it was a reminder and sometimes that’s enough.
Meanwhile, check out this picture of two kids playing one-on-one a few weeks ago at the famous West 4th Street court. Hey man, when you’ve got to play, you’ve got to play, right?
Woo hoo! Pitchers and catchers!! Yeah, it's simply the start of spring training, there's a month and a half until actual games that count, but more than robins, this is the first sign that we can wake up from our winter nap.