PHILADELPHIA — The sun came out Wednesday. Children went to school, businesses opened, spring grew one day nearer. Life moved right along.
It was the sort of day for sports-loving romantics to daydream about baseball. And wouldn’t you know it, the erstwhile national pastime was even back in the news — a five-column headline above the fold, no less! — after a three-month hibernation.
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