I apologize in advance for this self-serving paean to the Opening Day of Major League Baseball. Some of my readers will get this and appreciate it. Some of my readers will be perplexed, even disappointed that I have not come through with a more serious and edifying blog.
Well, for me, Opening Day of baseball, particularly Opening Day (yes, it is always capitalized where I come from) for the Cincinnati Reds is like a magical holiday. Winter is over, and Spring/Summer is here. Decades of memories are instantly conjured up on this wondrous day.
Baseball for me, and many others, is a reprieve from the dreadful realities of the evil we see all around us. It calls us to a more pristine time when baseball was king (alas, it is no longer) and people could come together and cheer for their favorite heroes of the diamond. Wins would give oxygen to us, while losses would deflate us just a bit.
We knew all the players, and they stayed on the same team for years at a time. But that was a simpler time, and it is no more. Yet baseball is back today! Our team is in first place (OK, they all are today) and Summer begins.
So, my friends, let’s celebrate Opening Day! If you don’t share the same energy for this, I understand, but find something else to celebrate today. I hope you have the same joy that I do today!
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