At Noon Today (Central Time)...

...if you get very still.

...and listen.

...out there...

...somewhere...

...you'll hear a faint "popping" sound that is familiar to you.

At first, you won't recognize it.

But then you'll remember...

...it's the sound a baseball makes when it smacks into a leather mitt.

It is time.

Pitchers and catchers report to their respective Major League camps in Arizona and Florida.

Manalive do I love that game and this time of year.