Baseball Is Back!
Citizens Bank Ballpark, Philadelphia, 2012
Yes, indeed, winter is finally over. Officially!
No matter what the calendar or the weatherman says, Spring officially starts on Opening Day.
The three teams I follow – the Phillies, Yankees and Mets – all started yesterday with the Yanks and Mets notching wins, but the Phils took a loss (I only root for the Phillies. I follow the Yanks and Mets because of where in NJ I live – close enough to New York to get the NY TV stations that carry the games.)
Chase behind the plate, 2017
My boys also had their first practice this week. Both are members of the Astros for the 2018 season (I’ll be coaching them again. Also had to explain what an Astro is in the context of Houston and baseball. No easy feat, frankly.)
So break out the peanuts and Cracker Jack. It’s time for to begin hitch your wagon to a team and follow them through till the last out, when the snow will just about to fly again.
Vendor, Citizens Bank Park, 2010
But until then…baseball is back!
Gear, 2018
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Mets fan here. I’m OK with the Phillies winning some games but I wouldn’t mind if the Yankees go 1-161.
Ha! I’m interested to see how they do this season after all the buildup of the power three. That’s what I like about following baseball day to day – the near soap opera like quality of the storylines.
Me too. That’s what was great about living in NY — following the day to day soap-opera/bloodbath that was the tabloid back pages.