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Many feel the best thing about Spring Training is the abundance of "hope" shared by every team and it's fans. An "inside-out" appeal which springs the feelings that this "could be our year."

For me, though, the best thing about baseball this time of year is more about the sensory appeal. An "outside-in" reaction to the sights, smells, and sounds of the greatest game on earth.

The sights:
The grass is greener here than anywhere else it seems. The fields are perfectly manicured. The edges are sharp and the dirt looks firm but soft at the same time. The uniforms are rich with color and contrast...and not a whiter white exists, than the white on a Major League uniform.

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