Spring Training

Reports out of Pennsylvania earlier this week predicted another 6 weeks of winter. Here in Missouri, most people have had enough. A colder winter than we've grown accustomed to over the past several years, has been coupled with a terrible epidemic of stomach flu and sore throats hitting just about every family in the metro area to some degree or another. So who wants to rough it out for another six weeks? March 20th, come on! Spring Training begins in 9 days! Yes, that's when pitchers and catchers report to Florida and Arizona for baseball's annual rite of passage. Close your eyes...imagine nice plush green grass, can you smell it? 80 degrees, t-shirts, shorts, flip-flops. The first spring training game for the St. Louis Cardinals is on Feb. 25th. That's only 20 days away! Not even 3 weeks! Take that, Punxsutawney Phil. It's time to start checking flight schedules and hotel deals. This winter can take a hike! Even the weather report for Friday calls for 60 degrees here in St. Louis. Guess we'll have to break out the motorcycle, too (future blog). OK, there's no time to waste. Start making your plans now. There's still plenty of time to do my taxes! I wonder if my wife is up for a road trip with me and 5 kids?