Opening Day 2009
Can you believe that the 2009 Major League Baseball season is going to start soon? Opening Day is just around the corner, as things kick off on April 5 with the World Champion Philadelphia Phillies hosting the Atlanta Braves. The rest of the league kicks into action on April 6 — and then of course there are 161 more games after that.
Opening Day doesn’t really interest me too much, except in two instances. First, I would love to see a team unfurl their World Series banner and receive their championship rings. That would be cool, but there’s really little chance of that happening for this Cubs fan. Second, I would love to attend the first official game at a brand new ballpark. I missed the opening of U.S. Cellular Field, and I hope there’s never a new Wrigley, but maybe I can somehow score New York Yankees tickets in time to see them play their first game at the new Yankee Stadium. Sure, the Yanks aren’t my home team, but they’ve got such a long, rich tradition that it would be worth traveling to see them play.
Well, even though attending New York’s opening day is unlikely, I’m still glad that baseball will be starting soon. I don’t watch basketball, so it’s been a long sports drought since the Super Bowl. At least with so many baseball games, there’s almost always something on when I’m bored during the summer!