Spring Training

Spring Training. There is something so magical about those two words. Every team starts out with a chance to be a World Series contender. A couple of veterans will emerge to have one more standout season in the sun. A couple of rookies that have not been on anyone's radar will emerge as serious contenders for a roster spot or to be this years Spring Training "phenom." It can also go the other way. Several veterans will decide they don't have what it takes any more and retire on their terms. Some veterans will have it decided for them by getting cut and not being picked up by anyone else. There are also usually rookies that are supposed to set the world on fire will not be able to cross that bridge between minor league All-Star to productive major leaguer. Watching it all develop is what makes Spring Training so exciting. That is the beauty of baseball.