Finally. This is the day baseball fans look forward to all off-season. A punctuation to the long, cold, baseball-less Winter. The crack of the bat. The pop of the glove. All the things. It is a statement day. Like Groundhog Day. It may be in the thirties where you’re reading this, but in Arizona, Florida and Punxsutawney it’s baseball weather. And that means something.

Guess who’s in the best shape of his life? Every team’s beat writer probably

Now that players can be seen in the flesh once again, we will be seeing stories about who is in shape, who showed up early, who arrived in the flashiest car etc.

To be honest, even though we treat #PitchersandCatchersReport day as a holiday, theres little to be excited about. We’ll see photos of some good old pitch n catch, and — get this — players running. Thats…about it. It is a day of technicality. The players must be on site. They start getting checked, probably fill out some paperwork, hang some posters in their locker, and begin working out on their own. Physicals take place tomorrow. Organized practice begins Saturday. The rest of the team must report by Sunday. Nearly a week of practices follow before the first game of the season counts is played.

But before you know it, Opening Day will be here, the All-Star game will happen, the Reds will win the World Series and it’ll be the off-season all over again. In the meantime, baby-steps. Baseball has officially begun.

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