OPENING DAY
TGOD. Thank God for Opening Day. What a great day! What a great time. Baseball is back. While it may not be the game it was thirty or forty years ago
it's still the best game.
Oh, I know; it doesn't have the draw of the NCAA Final 4, which irony of irony concludes on Opening Day. It doesn't have the purity of The Masters Golf Tournament that also ironically begins the same week. It doesn't have the action of the NFL. The pure athleticism of hockey or the NBA's fast pace.
But what it lacks in those, it has history; it has charm; it has longevity.
What Father and Son never played catch? Simply catch, whose point was made in Field of Dreams. What father never took his son to a baseball game? Had discussions on the hometown team and its chances for the pennant?
What sport can trace its origins back to the Nineteenth Century? Possibly golf, but not on such a large scale. A universal appeal where all is needed to be played by the masses is a ball and bat. A glove is helpful but not a requirement.
What sport begins with Spring Training as a forerunner to the season itself? Who looks forward to NFL Summer Camp? Certainly not the players. Who gets excited about the pre-season football games? Spring Training has a draw of its own and a financial boom to Florida and Arizona. Is there even a warm up time for basketball and hockey? And golf? If there is I'm unaware. And uninterested.
But I could tell you that Garcia, Pagnozzi, Craig, and Mather are rookies to watch along with Strahinova and David Freese. I can tell you who the Cardinals signed in the off-season and who they turned down for one last hurrah--Jimmy Edmonds.
Red Schoendiest, starting his ridiculous 66th year with the Cardinals said it best when he was quoted years ago saying, "Baseball leaves us at the worst possible time--Winter." But it returns, with the Spring and blooms and blossoms and brings happiness and heartache.
As some sayings work when turned around (like time heals all wounds--time wounds all heels) Hope springs eternal--Spring's hope eternal. Well at least for most Major League clubs.
Here's a toast to the Cardinals for the 2010 Season. May it bring another championship beginning with the great call later today of "Play ball!"
TGOD. Thank God for Opening Day. What a great day! What a great time. Baseball is back. While it may not be the game it was thirty or forty years ago
it's still the best game.
Oh, I know; it doesn't have the draw of the NCAA Final 4, which irony of irony concludes on Opening Day. It doesn't have the purity of The Masters Golf Tournament that also ironically begins the same week. It doesn't have the action of the NFL. The pure athleticism of hockey or the NBA's fast pace.
But what it lacks in those, it has history; it has charm; it has longevity.
What Father and Son never played catch? Simply catch, whose point was made in Field of Dreams. What father never took his son to a baseball game? Had discussions on the hometown team and its chances for the pennant?
What sport can trace its origins back to the Nineteenth Century? Possibly golf, but not on such a large scale. A universal appeal where all is needed to be played by the masses is a ball and bat. A glove is helpful but not a requirement.
What sport begins with Spring Training as a forerunner to the season itself? Who looks forward to NFL Summer Camp? Certainly not the players. Who gets excited about the pre-season football games? Spring Training has a draw of its own and a financial boom to Florida and Arizona. Is there even a warm up time for basketball and hockey? And golf? If there is I'm unaware. And uninterested.
But I could tell you that Garcia, Pagnozzi, Craig, and Mather are rookies to watch along with Strahinova and David Freese. I can tell you who the Cardinals signed in the off-season and who they turned down for one last hurrah--Jimmy Edmonds.
Red Schoendiest, starting his ridiculous 66th year with the Cardinals said it best when he was quoted years ago saying, "Baseball leaves us at the worst possible time--Winter." But it returns, with the Spring and blooms and blossoms and brings happiness and heartache.
As some sayings work when turned around (like time heals all wounds--time wounds all heels) Hope springs eternal--Spring's hope eternal. Well at least for most Major League clubs.
Here's a toast to the Cardinals for the 2010 Season. May it bring another championship beginning with the great call later today of "Play ball!"
posted by TQ @ 5:29 AM
1 Comments:
At 7:24 AM,
Sue Goldman said…
Glad to take a look at your blog. I haven't seen much of your writing - I've had more discussions with you in those old classes, so I will enjoy this. It's fun to see some of the photos from around the world. Sue Lyn
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