And so it begins

The pitchers and catchers are all there, and now the position players are starting to arrive at the Cubs training camp in Mesa, AZ.

The new crew -- Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer and Dale Sveum (who I, for some reason, always want to call "Jeff") -- are emphasizing "The Cubs Way," our blueprint to success in 2012 and beyond. I am hopeful that they're right, of course. But this year is going to be so different from recent seasons gone by that I just want to see how it unfolds.

And, oh, isn't it nice to be thinking about baseball again!