Baseball spring training is supposed to begin exactly one week from today. However, thanks to the MLB lockout and the stalled contract negotiations between players and owners, I truly doubt that will happen. It breaks my heart to see all those millionaires having such trouble dividing up all their loot. The last time there was a baseball work stoppage, the World Series had to be canceled, and the following season was delayed by a month. It took years for the sport to win back its fans. If they think it will be any different this time, they are crazy. And by the way, the above photograph was taken back in 1996, during spring training at Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida. The game was between the Montreal Expos and the Houston Astros, and Jeff Bagwell, the star of the Astros, was about to come to bat. And how did the game turn out? The result has been lost in the mists of time.
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