THE SPIRIT OF OPENING DAY
Today youâll dig in the closet for your glove and snap a ball into it while sipping your morning coffee.
Today youâll drive to work and admonish yourself to âkeep your head downâ and your eye on the road.
Today your team will be in first and planning to stay there.
Today youâll wonder about developing and selling tobacco-flavored toothpaste, as you spit into the sink.
Today youâll still be able to turn the double play.
Today youâll end your contract holdout.
Today you wonât lose a business deal in the sun.
Today youâll find yourself rotating your arm around your head to stretch the shoulder and keep it loose.
Today sunflower seeds strangely find their way into your back pocket.
Today youâll think of wearing a black suit to match the eye black.
Today youâll have the steal sign.
Today you slip up in a meeting and mention âour sales team vs. lefties.â
Today as the toast comes out of the toaster, youâll still remember how to execute a perfect âpop-upâ slide.
Today a hot dog and peanuts for lunch will sound about right.
Today you tell a co-worker to âget loose.â
Today the only strike youâll know about is above the knees and below the armpits.
Today youâll wear your jacket only on your pitching arm.
Today youâll buy two packs of gum and stuff them in the side of your mouth to look like a player.
Today, during lunch, youâll wonder why Coke doesnât come in a wood can.
Today youâll scratch yourself and spit for no apparent reason.
Today youâll wonder why stirrup socks never caught on as a fashion rage.
Today youâll be the rookie looking to make it big.
Today youâll be the wily vet with just a little something left.
Today youâll look for the AM dial on your radio.
Today momâs watching.
Today dadâs in the backyard with his glove.
Today will be hopeful.
Today itâll still be a kidsâ game.
Today youâll be a kid.
Today is Opening Day.