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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s the constant refrain of escapees from Elmira and East Rutherford: South Florida has no seasons. Not so. Saturday is opening day for Grapefruit League spring-training baseball for five Major League teams in three South Florida ballparks — for fans, it’s Christmas every day.

DALLAS — Over the remaining six weeks of the regular season and on into whatever awaits at the end of another rusty rainbow, we’ll learn a lot about these Dallas Mavericks.

NORTH PORT, Fla. ― Many times, pitchers who experience long layoffs due to injury face this question: How confident are you that you can get back to being the guy you were before the injuries?

JUPITER, Fla. — Sandy Alcantara kept the message brief Wednesday. The Miami Marlins’ ace, after all, would rather lead by example than lead by talking.

Spring training is a time when Pollyannaish optimism not only is accepted, but encouraged.

Jeter and A-Rod: Teammates once again.

As we segue from the Hall-of-Fame election to the soon arrival of pitchers and catchers, this is a good time to celebrate the active players who don’t have to do anything more for us to earn a ticket to Cooperstown.

Some scattered thoughts on the Red Sox as the truck pulls into JetBlue Park in Fort Myers…

It’s safe to say that Matt Barnes has had, to use his words, a “hectic week.”