By this time next week, we'll be hearing a lot more "best shape of their life" stories. Are you ready?

• Jeff Banister is impressing a lot of people, including other coaches, according to a piece by T.R. Sullivan.
   
• Banister interviewed on MLB Network Radio. The highlight of the interview had to be when he talked about eating tofu casserole with Prince Fielder and pretending it's a steak.
   
• Tim Cowlishaw thinks that a weakened American League could give Texas a chance to contend in 2015.
   
• Finally, because it's Valentine's Day -- and whether you celebrate it or despise it -- here's a video that, while being a couple of years old, tells the best kind of love story baseball has to offer: