Opening Day sonnet

Baseball Opening Day finally here
Wait since Fall Classic an eternity
Finally fans at parks can have a beer
Watching Barry Zito face Brad Penny

Opening Day means hope for every team
Pirates, Royals, Rays all tied for first place
Last year’s Rockies show everyone can dream
Of getting hot, winning close playoff race

Do Red Sox repeat and make dynasty?
Not when Angels beat them in October
Cubs wait for Fall Classic for century
But Mets beat them with bats and best pitcher

Baseball back in our daily life is good
Happiest time of year since childhood

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Opening Day lends itself to poetry. Since Babes Love Baseball beat me to haikus, I wrote a sonnet.

Sunday night walkoff and Bush’s reception

What a way to start the season (post-Japan edition). Washington’s Ryan Zimmerman hit a walk-off homer in a pitching duel, shortly after the Braves had tied it up by scoring on a passed ball.

It’s good to see baseball back again. Though what will likely be remembered more than Zimmerman’s walkoff or the game being the first at the new Nationals Park was the reception President Bush got when he went out on the field for the ceremonial first pitch.

We’re only hours away from the real Opening Day — 12 hours away until that first full day of baseball, and I can’t wait.

A chalk-filled Final Four

All four #1 seeds have made it to the Final Four for the first time in the modern format of the tournament.

That’s too bad.

The tournament is much more fun when there’s an underdog that keeps on advancing. We almost had that in Davidson, but they fell just short against Kansas on Sunday. But maybe that means the Final Four games will be played an extremely high level and be fun to watch.

We can only hope.