April 05, 2013
Opening Day 2013
Today is Opening Day for the World Champion San Francisco Giants. Here is my traditional Opening Day post.
The economy is still in the toilet. Somewhere, asteroids are heading toward Earth. Web pornography is warping the minds of our children. Grown men and women are relentlessly Tweeting each other. Yes, my friend, the end is near.
But who gives a damn?
It's Opening Day. I'm going to have a hot dog and a beer. I'm going to sit in the sunshine till the back of my neck is red and raw and my ass stings like a shot of tequila on a bad patch of strep throat.
What the hell, I'm having two hot dogs.
Once a year, every aspect of life should have an Opening Day. Every business should have one. Every friendship should have one. Every family should have one.
A day when everything starts over. When all of last year's successes and failures go into the record book, no longer a matter of life and death, just a matter of history. A day when the slate is clean and the possibilities are unlimited. A day when you call in sick-and-tired; when you leave the iPhone in the glove compartment; when you go somewhere where the grass is perfect and the people are unaccountably cheerful.
It's Opening Day. Let's play some fucking ball.
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ReplyDeleteI was there! It was awesome! Zitto was completely underwhelming, except into the 7th inning the Cardinals had only 3 hits and NO runs! Go Barry. Only run scored by the Giants was on a bases loaded walk. Afeldt and Romo shut them down. Pence, Scutaro, Sandoval, Blanco and Pagan displayed great defense. A most promising start to the 2013 baseball season. I agree, we all need an opening day once each year, and spring is the perfect time. My opening day is tomorrow!
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ReplyDelete"A day when everything starts
ReplyDeleteover. When all of last year's successes and failures go into the record
book, no longer a matter of life and death, just a matter of history. A
day when the slate is clean and the possibilities are unlimited. A day
when you call in sick-and-tired; when you leave the iPhone in the glove
compartment; when you go somewhere where the grass is perfect and the
people are unaccountably cheerful."
Isn't that sort of the concept with New Years Eve?