"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Roger Hornsby
Well, baseball fans…the wait is over. The day that we have all been eagerly anticipating is here. Major League Baseball's regular season is here. America's favorite past time makes it's return for the next six months. Six months of home runs, strikeouts, RBIs, streaks, flukes, double-plays, and all of the many things that make baseball such a compelling game. Fans will gather in living rooms, sports bars, and/or ballparks to root for their teams. And that's one of the things that makes major league baseball so great - community.
Besides music, I believe that baseball is one of the biggest ways to bring unity between complete strangers. Think about it. You're at a game, cheering on your team. To your left, a man in his 40s with a beer in his hand. To your right, a single mom and her kids. What do you have in common with these people? Possibly nothing, except for the fact that you love this game and you love your team. Baseball has a way of bringing strangers together for the common goal of enjoying watching their favorite teams play, while cheering them on to a victory.
And with social media (as I mentioned in my "Field of Tweets" entry), you're able to meet fellow baseballs fans as well as keep in touch with fellow fans-turned-friends that you may have met at a game. For me personally, I've met many fellow baseball fans via Twitter. Although we don't all root for the teams, we can all agree that we love baseball and that we're glad to see it return. And with this upcoming season, I hope to meet as many of them as I can while attending as many games as I can.
In closing, I'm incredibly happy that regular season is here. I can't to wait to cheer on my San Francisco Giants as they defend their title this season. And to those of you who are not Giants fans, I hope all of your teams have great seasons.
Thanks For Reading,
Jordan Hart
Twitter: @MrJordanHart
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