Yes, this is a cool time of year.  I always enjoy going to baseball games.  I wish I could still afford season tickets. I had a mini package, (15 games), a few years ago, didn't cost too much, cuz I got a seat in left field, which ain't so bad a view, and if you love the game, you don't care where you sit.  anyway I was on the front row.  but because the foul pole was in front of me, I changed my seat a few seats over and thre rows up.  I once nabbed a homerun hit by A-Rod!  But being a nice guy, I gave the ball to a little kid who was at the game with his Mom.  Ya, the So-cal teams shold all be fairly good this year, Dodgers (my fav as a kid), Padres, Angel, should all have solid teams. The bay area tho, not so good. Giants, stink, and the A's have some young talent, but not enough and too soon - last place looms for both of them.  The Rangers, I actually believe they will be competitive this year, I didn't say they would compete with Angels and Mariners, but they will not be a doormate either.  should finnish about 500. They have a decent looking team, but the starting pitching will not be able to carry them thru the entiere season and will have its ups and downs along the way.  The rookie kid Mendoza from Mexico, looks good and Jason Jennigs looks like he may be back to being a place of having a lot of potential.  He is from Mesquite, so maybe playing at home will spark his talent again. The bullpen may be very solid though, and I think Ian Kinsler becomes a star in his own right this year, which gives them one of the best middle infields in baseball off and def with him and Michael Young. The outfield may also be solid.  Josh Hamilton is a great feel good story (he has a wonderful testimony of God's work in his life), if he contiues where he left off in Spring Training, he will be an MVP candidate, Marlon Byrd is also a nice looking young player.  Their are some very good looking minir league prospects that may make it up before the year is out. One thing that John Daniels has done, is he has rebuilt the farm system  well, John Hart made a mess of it and ruined the team as well in the process - and I am not referring to siging A-Rod, that wasn't a bad deal, not being able to keep him and build a team around him was a bad deal.  But all in all, you have the Braves and Phillies coming to town n June.  Yankees are her for 4 games in Aug and the BoSox come to town, oddly enough, in Sep as is alos the Tigers.