Forget that made-for-TV game yesterday between the Mets and the Cardinals. Today is the real Opening Day, when there’s nearly a full slate of games around Major League Baseball.
It’s a day when Cubs fans, Nationals fans, and all other fans of the traditional also-rans can say to themselves, “Hey! If the Tigers could get to the Series last year, so can we!”
I think the phrase was first used to describe second marriages, but it’s oh-so-apt for the beginning of baseball season: hope triumphs over experience.
Oh, yeah. There’s some kind of basketball game today, too.