A New Season

The game of baseball is often compared to life. At the pro level they play 162 games each season. That number of games takes luck out of the equation. If you are good, it will eventually show. If you are not very good that will become evident as well. Baseball is based on failure. 27 players must be put out on each team or the game will never finish. Baseball is not played with a clock. Your actions determine how long the game takes.

At the start of the season every team has hope. Every team has the same chance to win it all or lose it all. As with life, baseball is cruel and you are quickly put in your place. You are only as good as tomorrow's starting pitcher.

A pro baseball team normally plays 5 games a week. It is like many normal people's job. A player gets up everyday and heads to the ballpark. It is his office or factory. His output is excitement and drama, success of failure.

Baseball is a pastime. You don't get geared up for a game. You wake up each day thinking about it. It is always in the back of your mind. It has transcended just being a game. The ball cap has become part of what we wear. It is an accepted part of our society. Other sports wear the ball cap.

The baseball season has started. We will watch and comment and live the leisurely life, if only for a few days this summer.