And the World Begins Anew

"Time begins on Opening Day."
-Thomas Boswell

Opening Day is upon us! For those of us who are so unfortunate as to not know what Opening Day is. It is the first day of games for the new baseball season. One curious thing is that Opening Day is different for every team, as it is defined as the date of the first home game. So it is possible for one team to have Opening Day tomorrow while another won't have it until a week or so later. Either way, this day, along with the Masters golf tournament (something I'll rant on in a later post I'm sure), is generally regarded around the US as the signal for the official start of spring. Which means.... no more snow! Yay!

Oh, not to mention how Champion's League is picking up again. So the best football/soccer is picking up too. All is good.

On a related note, I hate it when ESPN don't follow the general convention of listing the home squad first in football/soccer matches (instead, it lists the home squad second). So I was watching the sports ticker that scrolls through the scores one day and saw: Juventus 0 - Arsenal 2. I thought that meant Arsenal put 2 goals past Buffon at the Delle Alpi only to find out that it was the other way around.

Yet another reason to hate ESPN.

"A light exists in spring
Not present on the year
At any other period.
When March is scarcely here

A color stands abroad
On solitary hills
That science cannot overtake,
But human naturefeels."
- "A Light Exists in Spring" by Emily Dickinson