Spring training brings fans the gift of normal to reset our inner clocks
Note: This is the top of my weekly column for the Cincinnati Enquirer.
By Mike Bass
@SportsFanCoach1
“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.””
It is the middle of February, and pitchers and catchers reported on time for spring training, and my internal clock feels recalibrated.
I missed this.
Before COVID-19, we swayed to the rhythm of the sports calendar. We relied on it. March, for instance, was Madness. May bookended the Run for the Roses and Greatest Spectacle in Racing. Labor Day meant summer was over and football was back.
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