Thursday, March 01, 2007

This is the MOST wonderful time of the year...

As a popular Christmas song states, "This is the MOST wonderful time of the year...." NOT because of the improving weather. NOT because it is the season of love. NOT even because it signals March Madness. NO it is because baseball has returned to our lives!

I love Sports Center, but when did dunking become the most spectacular athletic feat? We can now look forward to REAL sports highlights, with guys diving several feet, making unbelievable catches with fluidity and grace. We can look forward to seeing guys laying it all on the line for a split second of glory!

For most kids, Christmas is the best time of the year. For this BIG kid, the beginning of baseball season is the most wonderful time of the year. Some will say that I am crazy to be so excited about baseball when I am a Royals fan, a team with 3 straight 100 loss seasons. A team that supposedly has no chance in hell to do anything. I truly think that ALL of these people are full of *#@$! However, it doesn't even matter if they are correct because BASEBALL is back. It doesn't matter how good the team is, it doesn't matter who you root for, all that matters is that America's past time is back. I sincerely hope that all the drug/steroid crap ends (however we all know that is not going to happen, I just hope we REALLY do clean things up), and I can always wish for a league that is equal on more levels than just each team having 25 guys. But here's to baseball. A sport with so much to offer. A sport that truly epitomizes what American culture and history is all about.

So......

LET'S PLAY BALL!!!!

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