Hey Dan

Opening day of baseball season is magic. Attending has become a spring ritual me. About the same time as green come back to most of the trees, Jon email me asking if need a ticket. Jon and I have been friends for going on 14 years. We not see much of each other any more. He still lives in Fort Worth and I do not schedule enough time to go back and visit friends. But one day a year we go to the park and smell the grass. It is baseball that brings us back here each year.

These are some reasons that it is baseball. One reason is baseball is a slow game. It gives you can talk about what is going on. You have time to talk about the last time batter was up or point out that the bull pen is warming up. The second is baseball teams’ play over 100 games in a season. They can lose the home opener and you can still dream that you will be sitting here next fall watching them play for the championship. Next, Baseball has history. It does not matter that Jon and I have not really followed baseball this year, we can talk about how much we love the Cubs. You have to love the Cubs. Last is baseball is played in spring and summer.

This is why I love baseball. Salary caps, steroid scandals, strikes and all baseball is magic.