Spring Training and the power of optimism
Cliff Lee looking good? Ryan Howard healthy and slim? Dom Brown working with Mike Schmidt?
Cliff Lee looking good? Ryan Howard healthy and slim? Dom Brown working with Mike Schmidt?
Welcome to Spring Training, where the Florida sun bathes Phillies fans with infectious optimism, washing away even the most belligerent fan's pessimism (at least until the start of the season).
Here's a sampling of just a handful of Philly.com headlines from the past couple of days:
- Despite allowing HR, Gonzalez impresses
- Elvis Araujo impressing Phils
- Herrera making spring splash for Phillies
Even embattled Ryan Howard is getting into the positive groove. "Why be negative?" The slimed-down first baseman rhetorically asked the media on Tuesday. "It takes a lot more energy to be negative than it does to be positive. Negative bad. Positive good."
Trying to get in line with all the feel-good vibes (fleeting as they may be), here are some uplifting Spring Training cartoons I've drawn in years past:
And here are some not-so-happy cartoons, which I have the feeling I'll be drawing a lot of this summer: