Hope Springs Eternal

Hi there APoV followers, my name is Nick Garcia. I'm Adam's older cousin. He asked me to be a guest columnist on his wonderful sports blog and I was more than happy to accept. Before i get into my first post I'd like to give you a little background on me. Like i wrote earlier I'm one of Adam's older cousins, I'm in love with every sport out there and as you'll soon find out, I'm very passionate about baseball. I've played baseball since I can remember, from little league to grade school on to high school and then into college. Most of my columns here will be about baseball, but i will occasionally write about other sports. Now i guess I can get to what you all came here to read, the sports blog.



HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL

For many people mid february is the greatest time of the year. Especially here in the state of Arizona. After a surprisingly cold winter the weather is just starting to warm up and there is hope around state, even the country. For millions of americans the hopes differ but there is one common end goal, that maybe this is our year. For example fans of the Giants are hoping that they can have the same if not greater success then they did last year when they beat the rangers to win the world series. While fans of Boston and Philadelphia have high hopes that their big money off season signings will pay off and be able to bring the title back to their respective cities. Or in the city of Chicago, the north side (cubs) is once again hoping and praying that their world series drought (102 years now!) will finally come to an end. Unlike the south side where the white sox hopes are much like boston and philly. but there are plenty of more teams that aren't in the same boat as those teams and are more worried about bouncing back from last season and to get out of the basement of their divisions. Our hometown D-backs drastically changed most of the roster to try and turn around one of their worst years. The Colorado Rockies hope that they can avoid their typical slow start and pair it with the red hot finish that they always seem to have. In Baltimore, the orioles had a great offseason in which saw them sign Derrek Lee, Vlad Guerrero, and trade for local fan favorite Mark Reynolds. They hope those signings plus the young emerging stars can lead them back to a respectable record in the brutal A.L. east. Simple to say that all these hopes can only mean spring training is here! Oh it also means the pittsburgh pirates are now officially eliminated from the playoffs :-)

---Nick Garcia

*p.s: stay tuned for my next installments where i'll brake down each division in baseball going into the new season.