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We heralded the annual arrival of pitchers and catchers reporting to Florida and Arizona last month with a “Write of Spring” blog in honor of the eagerly anticipated event. Tomorrow, teams will “break camp” and “head north” {except for those that play in Florida and Arizona!} to begin the baseball season on Sunday!

So, as they simultaneously “wind up and wind down,” we note MLB.com’s January 2016 preview of the exercise: “Spring Training in Florida’s Grapefruit League, a tradition since the 1890s, offers a mul•tit•ude of treats for connoisseurs, sun worshippers and casual fans alike. Fifteen Major League teams train in Florida and, with so much available, fans can easily take a hot-dog-filled journey that suits their own preferences.”

One subscriber named Dewey B. made his preferences a•pair•ent, when he commented on our first ode to “Schwing Training” by asking: “Did you forget about Kate Upton????” Hard•ly … but we made clear that we were showing a ‘Starting Nine’—baseball’s magic number of players and innings—rather than a comprehensive lineup of lovely ladies! Clearly we left some hungry for more, so since every game requires two teams, let’s play a hot-dog-free tribute to a second set of hotties who’ve got fame … and game! Leading off with our reader’s request:

KATE UPTON – Voted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s ‘Rookie of the Year’ in 2011, that same year she began bedding the 2006 Rookie of the Year, Detroit pitcher Justin Verlander (nudes together were leaked in 2014)

MARIA MENOUNOS – “You saw my va-jay-jay!” the hostess with the mostess gasped after this 2011 ‘lip slip’ in the surf {amazingly, signed by her above…one of five autographed exposures from Sleuth’s private collection in this rundown}. Talk about sacrificing something Extra to enable Access Hollywood !

JESSICA ALBA – TV’s Dark Angel shed light on the top half of her Fantastic Four when the wind blew up the fringe of her red carpet gown in June 2005: “That was a nightmare,” she moaned. “It was so traumatic, because I’m not a girl who likes to do that. I really haven’t shown anything.” Except perfect form on the mound!

HOLLY MADISON – Hugh Hefner’s main squeeze {baseball terms apply anywhere!} even with 6 other women in the bedroom, she says of sex with her Playboy paramour: “There was zero intimacy involved. No kissing, nothing. It was so brief that I can’t even recall what it felt like beyond having a heavy body on top of mine.” Holly angered Hef by writing he pitched her a Quaalude as a prelude—calling the pills “thigh openers.”

KENDRA WILKINSON – “If you believe her crap go ahead,” Kendra turned first (above left) on her former friend and fellow Girl Next Door, Holly. “Hef has fucked thousands of women, he doesn’t need no Quaalude bitch! Hef got pussy without drugs.” And Wilkinson should know about getting into scoring position…

EVA LONGORIA –Miss Corpus Christi of 1998 “has a real problem with wardrobe malfunctions,” observes The Examiner, “and usually her nipples are the body parts she has a hard time covering. Back in January 2013, she suffered a major nip slip at the Golden Globes after party when her entire right breast popped out of her dress (above right) She’s also shown her bare crotch”…and throws a mean split finger (above left).

“I thought it was funny when someone first told me that there was an Evan Longoria playing for the Tampa Bay Rays,” Eva explains, “but I kept hearing his name being mentioned with mine. It’s good to see that he is representing the Longorias well and keeping the name proud.”

“I guess people get us confused often,” sighs an exasperated Evan, the 2008 Rookie of the Year {kind of a theme here}. Back then, he said: “I don’t mind. My friends and I think she’s hot.” But when reporters were Desperate to ask about the Housewife, the slugger showed a shift in opinion: “I’m done talking about that,” he snapped late in ’08. “I think we’re kind of past that.” Particularly because his future included Miss January 2010 and Amazing Race contestant Jaime Faith Edmondson—the mother of his daughter 3 years before they wed this past New Year’s Eve.

ASHANTI – The Glen Cove, NY native is a devout Yankee fan, and the beauty has a bod RB fans would go to W.A.R. for! She fanned above left…and banned nudity in a 2006 interview: “Accentuate what you have, but don’t show too much!” Her sheer shirt hit a home run the very next season!

SARAH SILVERMAN – “They’re the lowest they’ve ever been and the highest they’re ever going to be again,” the comedienne quipped of her natural breasts in 2014. “I think fake boobs have done great things for real boobs. I think people finally appreciate real boobs.” And this fielder’s are choice.

ZHANG ZIYI – The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon icon is considered “the most bankable Chinese actress.” And the most bangable! But when several sources alleged in May 2012 that she’d been “working as a high-class call girl” and “earned $100 million by prostituting herself to a string of powerful Chinese officials,” the beauty balked. The Memoirs of a Geisha star won an undisclosed settlement and apology in December 2013.

That’s another NINE ball-playing babes…but since the season doesn’t start till Sunday, let’s go an extra inning:

Check out the sweeping curves of Japanese ‘bikini idol’ AKI HOSHINO, also known as the ‘Angel of Japan.’ As one reporter put it: “She was an instant household name after her cleavage-exposing opening pitch for the Yokohama Bay Stars-Hanshin Tigers baseball game in May 2006 became one of the most sensational photographs of the year.”

Baseball thrives on statistics, so Sleuth would be remiss if he didn’t W.H.I.P out hers: 88F-56-87…in centimeters (34F-22-34 in inches). No doubt the pulchritudinous pitcher would be expert at the “hidden ball trick!”

“There is nothing better than Spring Training,” concludes the official Grapefruit League site. Exotic Japanese-Spanish adult model Eva Loviabacks up that with an END that justifies just what ‘Sweet Spot’ means!