The Cardinals are bustling about the sprawling grounds of their spring-training complex in Jupiter. This is how baseball's tradition restarts every year.
I’m a year older. I’ll be 67 on Sunday. But when baseball reappears, I feel a year younger. No other sport has that impact on me. No other sport has baseball’s Zen. I can’t explain it. For a variety of reasons, it’s been a challenging 12 months for me. (No worries; I’m OK.) We all go through it. But baseball is soothing. I can’t say baseball heals me. But baseball helps me.