T'is the Baseball Season (Almost)

Major League Baseball teams are now in spring training, which means that the 2010 season is just weeks away. I'll write more soon, but here are some photos from sunny sandlots. Play ball!

Florida Marlin Hanley Ramírez gestures towards 2008 & 2009 National League Most Valuable Player St. Louis Cardinal Albert Pujols (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Dontrelle Willis winding up in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

New York Met Johan Santana taking a warm-up throw against Houston (AP Photo/Richard Drew

New Chicago White Sox outfielder Juan Pierre greeted by manager Ozzie Guillén (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

LA Dodger Manny Ramírez flying out in a spring training game against the Chicago White Sox (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

New (old) Yankee Javier Vázquez pitching (Reuters)

Yankees Derek Jeter and Alex Rodríguez (Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post)

Milwaukee Brewer Ricky Weeks sliding into base against the SF Giants (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

2008 and 2009 NL Cy Young Award winner and SF Giant Tim Lincecum pitching (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Boston Red Sox pitcher Hideki Okajima talks to coach John Farrell (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Florida Marlins starter Josh Johnson pitches against the Saint Louis Cardinals (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

New York Met José Reyes, battling a thyroid issue, at spring training (AP Photo/Jeff Robertson)