I sit and type, as excited as an infant walking into some type of Candy Land abyss.
It is only 9:25 a.m. and I cannot concentrate on school, work, finding jobs after school, anything. I need 6:05 p.m. to be here, so I can sit down on my couch, grab a cold one, and turn my brain off until the Cubs record the final out of their first game.
Baseball season is finally upon us. I'm one of the college bred students who bitterly say the same thing every year on this day: "The National Championship is on tonight (Does the Big Ten still under-perform? HATERS!) and the Cubs play their season opener...So why do I have a test, a paper and two other assignments due tomorrow? This should be a national holiday!"
Well, sorry professors, my work will suck for the fourth consecutive year because I simply L-O-V-E this day in sports. I take it back, I don't just love sports; I am infatuated with it, I long for it, I think about it every second of every single day. Sports is the cheese in my macaroni, the syrup on my pancakes, the home cooked meal I've wanted since Christmas.
Sports fans, enjoy this day to the fullest. Go with your friends for a few good laughs and a few cold pints, because it is almost over for some of us, and it sucks.
Go Cubs!
Rob, very good writing--really sums up your passions for opening day baseball. I'm excited too. I can remember when I was in elementary school and it used to kill me when I had to be class on opening day. I couldn't concentrate at all. I would make my dad pick me up from school and race back home to see my beloved Cubs.
ReplyDeleteI don't get as amped as I used to, but the start of baseball is still a great time of year. Thank God another opening day is upon us.