The days are growing longer again and the sun is peeking out from the clouds. Oh five has become Oh Six! and suddenly, after a long, cold, and ultimately flaccid offseason, we are a few weeks away from being able to utter the greatest four words of the year: pitchers and catchers report.

There was much talk earlier about how one gets through the off-season. Batgirl, personally, has hid under the covers wrapped around a bottle, only to come out occasionally to sit on the stoop and swear at children. There have been some hallucinations, too--something about a dark wood and Corey Koskie, but it's best not to get into that.

You? Batgirl worries. You know how she worries. Have you been holding on?