Spring Training goes green for St. Patrick's Day

Baseball's Irish connections run fairly deep -- from 284-game winner Tony Mullane, to Joe "The Giant Killer" McEwing, to umpiring step-dancers. Here are 10 ways Spring Training showed its Emerald Isle pride on St. Patrick's Day.

Stadium employees were dressed for the occasion:

While players, like Brandon Phillips, were greeted with themed jerseys before their games:

#HappyStPatricksDay to everybody celebrating this wonderful GREEN day! Take a shot for your boy #McDatDudeߍ࠼a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SALUTE&src=hash">#SALUTE pic.twitter.com/2Hex2F6qyT

— Brandon Phillips (@DatDudeBP) March 17, 2014

The Red Sox, representing a city rich with Irish pride, looked comfortable in their threads:

Even bases couldn't hide from some shamrock flair:

Green hats were apparent throughout the league, with John Axford taking things a step further:

On this glorious St. Patrick's Day, I think it's time to bring back and old favorite... #MustacheFactMonday pic.twitter.com/3ERuaIOj2h

— John Axford (@JohnAxford) March 17, 2014

And the Mets taking things two steps further:

Our St Pattys day hats are kinda creepy pic.twitter.com/vq6phepIND

— Scott Rice (@ScottRice56) March 17, 2014

And, well, then there was Padres catcher Rene Rivera:

Happy St. Patricks Day! #stpattys #StPatricksDay #ST2014 #iknowimnotirishbutienjoyit pic.twitter.com/ZINGtDnBfe

— Rene Rivera (@ReneRivera13) March 17, 2014

Fans also got in the act at the Marlins game in Jupiter:

And even provided some music accompaniment in Clearwater:

But let's go back to Jupiter, and let's go back to those beautiful fan hats:

Stunning. Happy St. Patrick's Day, everybody!