cookie-lady's Blog

Is it just me or is baseball fever about ready to take hold?

It's a little more that 3 months now that NCAA Football ended its season, now with hoops drawing to a close, is there any hope for us who love the competition of sport?

YES!  Major league baseball opened for business officially March 31st for the 2008 season. 

While we do not have our own MLB team in Orlando, our fine city has played host to many of MLB's finest during the Atlanta Braves Spring Training camp, with games at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex. 

Tickets are fairly priced, a little pricey compared to what you'd pay going to see the Minor League Jacksonville Suns play, but think of the savings in gas.  If you missed the season at Disney for the Braves this year, don't miss it next year.  It's great family fun.

If you are up to the commute, the Tampa Bay [Devil] Rays put on a good show and the stadium is nice, but lacks the beauty of being outdoors enjoying a game.  On the other hand, mid-July and August, there's probably not one fan or player that isn't quite thankful for the covered venue at Tropicana Field.

While most players have been signed to lucrative contracts already, there are a few that have not, notably the great Mike Piazza, former catcher turned DH [designated hitter] most recently with the Oakland Athletics, but for now, a hitter without a team.  Piazza was injured shortly into the season last year, but returned to knock several out of the park for the A's, but not enough to help their season in 2007.

The NY Mets are looking good in 2008, but we've seen that before, too.  Who will ever be able to forget, though Met Fans would like to, the 27 game lead the team had in 2007, only to not make the playoffs.  It is was it is, or was what is was, and that was a debacle of a season and championship that should have belonged completely to the Mets.  The "Bad Guys" of the 1986 Mets could have lent a little good Karma to the team in 2007. 

Yankee fans will still mourn the loss of Joe Torre, who signed on to help lead the Dodgers to a more victorious year, but Yank fans will still have a hand full of aces with Derek Jeter, Johnny Damon and Alex Rodriguez [A-Rod], if that miserable Jose Canseco will leave them out of his ridiculous gossip novel and accusations long enough so they can focus and play the game.

Ah, yes!  The Florida Marlins, finishing near last place, save 2003 [only 10 games out of first place in the division].  Will 2008 be the year of the Marlin?  South Floridians can only hope, and hope, and hope.  Maybe prayer would help.

Take me out to the ballgame!  Buy me some juice and a healthy snack, I'll be glad that I never get fat.  And it's Root, root, root for the home team, if they don't win it's a sham, cause it's ten, fifteen, twenty mill and more paid to play the ole ballgame.

Maybe I chose the wrong career.  "Batting fourth....Cookie..." oh, wait, it's still the "Boys of Summer,"  isn't it.  That just may change one day. 

Hey, Marlins, if you need a DH....I am still available.  Couldn't hurt.