Major League Baseball's annual spring training period would have started on Tuesday, were it not for the ongoing lockout.
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Mid-February usually marks the start of pitchers and catchers reporting to camp, ahead of position players, but this year all is quiet at complexes in Arizona and Florida, owing to the ongoing stoppage, for which there is no apparent end in sight.
The somber development was noted by journalists and fans alike, who took to social media to lament the occasion.
Here's what some corners of baseball Twitter had to say:
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