It’s Opening Day!  Okay, some people think last night was opening day when a couple of teams played the ESPN Sunday night game. Or, some of you think last week was opening day when Bud Selig’s latest abomination took place: games between the A’s and Red Sox that actually counted in the standings.  But that’s not Opening Day. Opening Day doesn’t begin until the Reds throw the first pitch. I’m not even a Reds fan and I know that. At the risk of sounding like an old man (too late), there was something special about the way Cincinnati used to treat Opening Day as an unofficial city holiday. Heck, even some of the schools used to close.

I wanted to take Opening Day off this year, but I had to be at work.  I still managed to eat some Cracker Jack. And I still managed to sing Take Me Out to the Ballpark.  Only my turtles complained.

Carry on, Citizens!