It Doesn't Seem Like Opening Day
For my money, it's the best baseball book ever written--"Why Time Begins on Opening Day." Washington Post sportswriter Thomas Boswell wrote it 23-years ago, and among the many essays on the sport in the book is a long piece about the magical nature of baseball's opening day. According to Boswell, opening day in baseball is a symbol of rebirth, renewal, and a new season full of hope and promise.
Twenty three years later, Boswell's premise rings hollow. I'm not one of the typical baseball purists, looking for the game to go back to the baggy wool pants era. But to begin a major league season in Japan is heresy. I know it's the third time in the last decade MLB has opted to begin its season in Tokyo, but it just doesn't work. Not only are the Red Sox and A's half a world away, they opened the season almost a full week before the rest of the big leagues begin play.
Baseball continues to trample on its own traditions, and cheapen regular season play. Time does not begin on opening day anymore. When is opening day, anyway?
Twenty three years later, Boswell's premise rings hollow. I'm not one of the typical baseball purists, looking for the game to go back to the baggy wool pants era. But to begin a major league season in Japan is heresy. I know it's the third time in the last decade MLB has opted to begin its season in Tokyo, but it just doesn't work. Not only are the Red Sox and A's half a world away, they opened the season almost a full week before the rest of the big leagues begin play.
Baseball continues to trample on its own traditions, and cheapen regular season play. Time does not begin on opening day anymore. When is opening day, anyway?
posted by John Murphy at
8:38 PM
1 Comments:
I agree John! I know time marches on and all that stuff....but sometimes it isn't about the game or the fans... it's about money. That's when it starts to ring hollow and people don't care as passionately as they used to.
Dan
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