At the end of my blogs the last few months I’ve made a point to mention the number of days until Spring Training starts.  I’m sure a lot of people are thinking: “What gives, Jim?”  Although I do cross country and downhill ski I can still get cabin fever during the winter.  All the clouds and snow can get even me, a native Central New Yorker and snow lover, down by this point in the winter season.

However, the start of Spring Training yesterday in Arizona and Florida is a sign of meteorological change.  I’m a big baseball fan and a sucker for the thought that spring (and the start of baseball) begins a renewal process that takes us through spring and then summer. On the flip side, I cringe just a little when the football training camps start up in the summer because the days are getting shorter and I know by the end of that professional football season we will be in the heart of winter.

Now, obviously we are a long way from playing baseball here in Central New York but look at what happens in the next 7 plus weeks between now and early April when the Syracuse Chiefs open their season: our average high temperature will go from the low 30s to the low 50s.  We will also gain about 2 and a half hours of daylight in that time. That’s a lot of change in a short period of time.

Between now and then we all know there will be more winter so for all you skiers and snowmobilers don’t give up your hopes yet. I’m hoping to get out on the slopes myself, maybe even this weekend.