Some Spring Training Sassafras
It is the time for baseball!! The
grass is getting greener, the bugs are turning in their beds, and the smell of
pine tar is suspiciously growing stronger in Arizona ballparks. Spring Training
is a wonderful time for a baseball fan. I just want to take a second to list a
few things that I am looking forward to in the 2013 MLB regular season
1.
Justin Verlander making Bugs Bunny look like
Jamie Moyer.
2.
Giancarlo Stanton making baseballs fly to the
moon.
3.
The inevitable catcalling from drunken revelers
10 rows behind me at the Chicago White Sox AAA affiliate, Charlotte Knights.
4.
I am interested in the continued success of R.A.
Dickey as he transitions into the American League East
5.
I can’t wait to see Dylan Bundy, Wil Myers, and
Billy Hamilton tear up the league in the 2nd half. Rookies are the
coolest.
6.
Mike Trout hitting .330 with 25 HR, 95 RBI, and
40 steals, and still getting shut out for AL MVP. (Just don’t ask me who I
think will win)
7.
Andrew McCutchen not allowing teams to hit balls
into the centerfield gaps.
8.
The Houston Astros losing 110 games, getting the
#1 draft pick for the second year in a row, and attempting to continue their
evolution into Tampa Bay Rays West.
9.
The disinterested looks I get from my wife and
friends when I talk about WAR, or OBP, or Slugging, or anything related to
baseball. I am pretty much alone in my circle in my love for America’s pastime.
10. Pitchers
doing insane things to small, round, lacing-surrounded balls. The sliders, the
changeups, the 12-6 bugs-bunny curveballs…I love it!!!!!
If you can’t tell, I am ready for some baseball.
