WASHINGTON — The groundhog saw his stupid shadow Monday, thereby predicting six more weeks of winter. But guess what? According to Wikipedia, the most reliable source on the interwebs*, the range for the marmota monax stretches only across the eastern and Midwestern United States and into northwest Canada, only reaching as far south as the northern tips of Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.

That means Florida, where Washington Nationals pitchers and catchers will report for spring training in 15 days, is officially a groundhog-free zone. Spring will arrive in Viera on Feb. 18, arbitrary rodent reactions notwithstanding.

With that in mind, here are 15 reasons to be excited about the 2015 baseball season.

*Note: This is demonstrably false.