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Opening Day....

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Real Estate Agent with Aubrey and Associates Realty

Opening day has different meanings to different people.  I could be the day that the new store or shop opens up the pre grand opening opening or something.  It could mean the starting of the fishing or hunting season, but for me it only means 1 thing BASEBALL IS BACK!  I am excited, I am not one of those junkies that has to watch every game that is broadcast, but I do usually catch the plays of the day on Sportscenter.  I try to watch as many games as my schedule and my wife allows me to.  She really isn't that bad, I just had to tease a little.

I love opening day!  It takes me back in time and for just a few minutes, I am 12 again, hoping and praying that the Big Red Machine will have enough pitching this year.  I am glad that the steriods era seems to be over, let's hope that junk never makes it back into the game!  I am saddened to see the hallowed records of my youth erased by cheaters!  I can still remember when Henry Aaron hit 715, thinking that no one would ever break that.  Roger Maris hit 61 homeruns in a 162 game schedule, and did it while losing his hair and body weight due to the tremendous pressure that was place on him both to break and not break such a hallowed record.  Babe Ruth hit 60 in 154 games and trained on hot dogs.  If steriods had been available he may of hit 150.

I will never again be 12 years old, and the economics of the game almost dictate that there will never be another Big Red Machine, at least not in Cincinnati.  The big market teams can put together rosters of all stars that go from one year to the next, the small market teams just can't afford to keep them together.  That is just the nature of the beast, I am not saying that the game is better or worse, just different.  I doubt that we will ever see the Dodger way of building a team again.  Where an entire team more or less comes through the farm system together to the Major Leagues. 

What we will see is a great game being played at the highest level, with the most exposure that we have ever seen.  Being from an area where we didn't have a nearbye Major League Team, I don't long for the time that I had to wait until Saturday's game of the week to get my fix!  I hate to borrow slogans, but I Love This Game!  I like the changes in the game, I like the fact that teams like the Diamondback and the Rockies made the playoffs last fall when neither was supposed to be at that level. 

Have a great weekend, don't call Sunday Night, I will be watching the game!

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