Q: Is Spring Icumen In?A: No, It's Just Breathing Heavy

It might not feel like spring most places (it does here in Santa Barbara, not to rub it in), but there's nothing more a harbinger of hope than guys gingerly stretching, grabbing their sticks, and hoping for their first good pokes of the year.

Of course pitchers and catchers report today, and I think you know what I mean. No, I mean the other thing. Are we on the same page now? (BTW, do you think Mark Foley ever said that line to one of his colleagues? Ba-dum-bum.) (OK. sorry for working a bum in there.)

All that said, Spring Training might be toughest on the managers, as they are older than the players, not to mention further removed from their days taking restorative steroids.

Indeed, here we see White Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen pull his face muscles as he makes his first outrageous quotes of the season to reporters. Gotta warm up next time, Ozzie.

And on the North Side (sure, they're in Arizona now, but we all know the Chicago geography), new manager Lou Pinella throws his first fit answering a question about why Neiffi Perez is still on a major league roster. Pinella was tossed by the umpire from his own press conference.