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Spring Training -- and therefore baseball -- is back, and these photos will prove it

Tampa Bay Rays' Matt Duffy throws the ball during an informal workout at baseball spring training in Port Charlotte, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/DavidGoldman) (David Goldman/AP)
By Adrian Garro

For more than three full months, we were without baseball. No cracking of bats, no balls hitting gloves, no real images of baseball players doing baseball things ever since Bryzzo recorded the final out in Game 7 of the World Series. 
But, be sad no more, for baseball is back.

Like, really back.

Yes, that's a baseball guy -- new Red Sox ace Chris Sale, to be exact -- smiling and in the process of throwing a baseball on a grass surface. 
His teammate, Dustin Pedroia, showed up a few days early himself to put in some work:

And here's Matt Harvey of the Mets doing some bullpen work:

Rockies slugger Nolan Arenado has a tall task ahead of him if he wants to lead the NL in homers again, so why not get some work in the cages early? 

And while not all teams' players have to report just yet, several clubs' social media accounts were extremely excited nonetheless. Again, baseball things happening after what feels like an interminable absence is cause for celebration:

Welcome back.

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