The REALLY Big Day

Rick, Rick, what can I say about your deluded belief that the UNC-Duke basketball game makes today a "big" day? I too enjoy college basketball as a mild wintertime diversion. Yesterday's Villanova-St. Joe's tilt, aka "The Holy War" here in Philly, kept me amused for a while as Villanova cruised to its inevitable triumph. But the only REALLY big day in February  is the 15th-- yes, the day that pitchers and catchers report to spring training. Only 8 days til life begins again, and we can put away childish things (the Super Bowl, the BCS, basketball, luge etc.), as we watch pitchers warm up in the the Florida and Arizona,sun, worry about whether foreign players will get their visas in time, and speculate about the Rocket's return. Yes, that is THE day.

--Mark