Spring Training Baseball

There are many good things about spring training baseball.  The hope of a new year, every team is in first place, and if your live in a cold climate, a chance to enjoy some nice weather and a ball game.  In addition, young prospects that we have covered / followed over the past few years get a shot to see what they can bring to the table.  An example of this is Oakland pitching prospect Trevor Cahill.  Trevor made the start today for A's against the Los Angeles Dodgers.  Now, the line up he faced in his 3 innings of work was a tad shy of the LA line-up that is most likely to take the field opening day, but he did face a higher level of talent than he had ever faced in his career to date.  How did he do?  First inning great, second inning, 4 earned runs and a hit batter, third inning like the first.  You could tell he was a bit nervous but did OK for his first big league spring training start.  So as he headed to the dugout at the end of the top of the third set up to get his first big league spring training loss.  Oh to the contrary.