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Let's Ring In Spring With The Masters Golf Tournament

We've passed the vernal equinox and baseball's Opening Day was Monday, but Frank Deford argues that there's really only one true First Day of Spring: the arrival of the Masters golf tournament.

In days of yore, Opening Day of the baseball season was special, signifying that spring had come at last.

Today, however, Opening Day sort of dribbles into existence, and the spiritual start of spring now belongs to the Masters golf tournament,

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