There will be baseball today. Crack of the grass, smell of the bat. There will be baseball, and players will run around, with Giants broadcasters telling you how they’re running around.

It’s not raining today. It’s quite sunny, really. A little chilly for the Bay Area, but a beautiful day.

The days are getting longer, too.

And there is a baseball lineup to share.

Brandon Crawford - SS Joe Panik - 2B Brandon Belt - 1B Hunter Pence - RF Michael Morse - DH Jarrett Parker - LF Conor Gillaspie - 3B Nick Hundley - C Gorkys Hernandez - CF

wait where’s buster is he okay what’s going on and is there a platoon in center field now and does this mean that parker is leading the left field race and what’s the deal with morse hitting fifth is that a sign of confidence in his abilities to anchor the middle of a major league lineup and wait will crawford lead off more if span gets hurt and is span hurt where’s buster

[breathes into paper bag]

Sorry. Force of habit.

Madison Bumgarner will throw an inning, and he’ll be followed by Clayton Blackburn, Steven Okert, Derek Law, and Cory Gearrin. I wish all games had their pitchers announced before the game. That would sure make my job easier.

You will not be able to glean a single scrap of information about this game, but join me as we pretend to understand the 2017 season through the prism of actual baseball. It’s here. There’s a lineup. Let’s go give winter a swirlie and turn on the radio.