Pitchers and catchers report to spring training in a few scant days and even those of us laboring under blizzard conditions and unyielding cold gray skies that seem to stretch forever (yes, I live in New York) can glimpse the warmth of sunnier days to come.

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The tiny row houses, the gray cinder-block walls, seemed to stretch for miles.

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