Fenway's Opening Day!

April is Spring Blossoms, High School trips and most importantly the beginning of baseball season. It's the time of year where we hang around each other's offices chatting about Vlad and if he could only learn to be more patient, or Damon's betrayal and Schilling's Spring. We'll high five at bars wearing our team's hats, shell peanuts at RFK and drink beer out of plastic bottles.

 

And today, every sox fan will look at each other and say Happy Opening Day, almost as if we are congratulating each other over a new born baby. Opening day is not just for baseball fans, it's for America. It's a rewind through past springs, a celebration of new beginnings and a reminder that even with the bitter, cold death of winter, Spring will always come with new life, new love, and new beginnings.

 

The regular season is 162 games long, and every team is a World Series contender. Each game that has been played by the Red Sox already, I consider an extended spring training. Today Beckett will take the mound and be greeted with open arms to his new home town. We'll welcome Lowell, Gonzales, and Coco. We'll think about (some of us bitterly) the center field spot where Damon use to stand and recognize Adam Stern who is filing in for an injured Coco. New comers will wonder why we are Booing a kid name Kevin Youkalis, while the real fans will know we are screaming YOOUUK!

 

The weather in Boston today is Sunny and clear with a high of 62. Happy Opening Day!