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Spring is for hope -- not cold reality

By By Jim Baker
MLB Insider

Tuesday, March 23, 2004

Look, do you really want to hear objective analysis about your team this time of year? Do you absolutely have to know that their weaknesses are? Do you even want to know that they have weaknesses in the first place? Of course not! It's spring. The ice is melting. The flowers are in bloom. Love is in the air and so on. This is the time of year when optimism runs highest. This is when all things are possible for all. Until they start playing the games for real, everyone has a chance. With that i ...

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