ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Finally, the games count.
No more Grapefruit League action. No more Team Spain and State College of Florida. No more torturous drives to Dunedin and intimate candle-lit gatherings in Bradenton - at least until 2014.
The Orioles begin their regular season this afternoon against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. We're still in Florida, but now it matters.
Manager Buck Showalter feels as though he's been at spring training for, roughly, an eternity. Yet, to him,...
