Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie

Spring training has begun, and with every year that goes by without a plan put in place for revenue sharing and a salary cap I care less and less. Major League Baseball is a complete and utter mess. (My team, the Pirates, opened a new stadium last year and then proceeded to lose 100 games.) This is the worst time of year for sports: football is over, baseball isn't going yet, the NBA and hockey are not interesting until the playoffs (if even then), and I've never liked March Madness. Thank God for the Winter Olympics.