Our Happiness Reports to Peoria

Today there is an extra skip in our step, and song in our whistle. All across Arizona pitchers and catchers are reporting to work, which means Spring Training is underway.

[Large sigh of happiness]

The Seattle Times’ Geoff Baker has this glorious day covered on his blog, including the news that Eric Bedard has been named the Opening Day starter.

Larry Stone can catch you up on what you have may have missed during the offseason, and here is Bill Simmons’ wonderful column addressing the articles we’ll be reading over the next six weeks. All this and the un-doing of Roger Clemens continues.

Other key dates
Position Players Report: February 20.
First Spring Training Game: February 28
Opening Day: March 31 vs. Texas.

UPDATE-- Seattlest Seth may be gone, but his Spring Training tradition lives on.