How can you not love this?

Jackson Holliday takes batting practice as his father, Colorado Rockies' Matt Holliday, watches before the beginning of spring training at Hi Corbett Field Friday, Feb. 16, 2007, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

That's right. It's that time of year again. The Cubs have the same record as everyone else in baseball. My fantasy team is in-development, waiting in the wings for their call. I'll be studying more stats than I EVER did in any statistics course in grad school.

And I have to shell out $15 for some ... hmmm, maybe I need to find $90 ... oh dude! No, $120 for 6 games simutaneous with Player Tracker!!! {drool}

Well, money shouldn't be too hard to come by. No wristband this year... No staying-up all night flirting with an Australian bartender, no watching High Noon ("BEST MOVIE EVER!!) and Deer Hunter, no standing out in the freezing cold for hours without a coat, no going to work in the clothes from the night before, no having to take a work picture at 4pm, no colapsing in exhaustion

The picture isn't fuzzy ... I was fuzzy that day.

But ... no 4 tickets to each of the 3 2003 Cubs-Yankees games! Talk about a blast from the past... I mean didn't that guy on the left ... and the guy on the right, he's .. huh .. oh well, here is to the 2007 MLB season! Cheers! (And good luck on the wristband Eric.)
Sammy Sosa of the Cubs is greeted at second base by Yankees second baseman Alfonso Soriano during Friday's game. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)