Great Expectations--Just Never from Spring Training

  Spring training officially started today, which was a nice counterweight to getting dumped by my girlfriend (keep your violins in their cases 'cause I'm used to it). Late February into March coincides with the winter blahs (except for those of you lucky enough to be in Florida already previewing our 2009 Mets-To-Be), and all baseball fans great expectations that mark the beginning of each new season, unless of course you happen to pull for the Royals.   While I get very excited about the training, the early reports about who has showed up, all of the fellows we fret about but who boast to the reporters that "I feel great" or "I'm definitely at 100%"  or "Last year's the past, and we've got a tremendous club going into the year"..., and those 25 games when we might beat Braves 14-3, but then lose to the Rangers 17-9, younger fans should understand that spring training is just that. Basically, with the exception of a few younger p...