Baseball is back!

Let's Go Mets!

To hell with you George Will, Shea Stadium is AWESOME and the DH is an abomination against all that is good and holy in the world.

Crash Davis said it best (Kevin Costner in Bull Durham), "I believe there ought to be a Constitutional Amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter."  Truer words were never spoken.  Ever.

There are few things closer to my heart than politics but sports is one of them.  My favorites to watch are baseball, football and tennis.  I can watch baseball or tennis on the Internet.  While my heart belongs to the Mets, I went to Opening Day at RFK in Washington, DC and saw the Nationals.  It seemed wrong that the nation's capitol didn't have a baseball team.  It IS the American pastime after-all.  The poor Nats lost 9-2 but not too much was expected of them.  My onlt real complaint was they need more ATMs.

Last year was hard at the end.  Good news:  The Mets made it farther than most teams.  Bad news:  Scott Spezio kicked some ass.  I have to admit that as much as I wanted my team to win -- the whole 1986-2006 thing would have been awesome but we lost to a team with more heart.  And I am as ok with that as I possibly can.

My first words, I think, were Maybe next year. So now I can say, Maybe this year.  The team looks good and I am optimistic.  Of course, it is APRIL.

You gotta believe!