Nows and Forevers

It’s one of the very best times of the year: Baseball season!

Been a baseball fan most of my life, pretty much since I’ve been able to walk. The heavy fandom comes and goes, of course. Some years I can’t get enough of the National Pastime. Other years, I barely care. But I always get a little thrill, no matter what, for spring training and then Opening Day.

I’ve only ever been to one opening day, when I lived in New York. My beloved Red Sox opened at Yankee Stadium (one of the older ones, not the new one) on a chilly Sunday night in early April. It was exciting and I had good seats. I was with friends. It was just a good time, even though the Red Sox lost and I was dreaming of warmer weather.

That would come. It always comes.