On Opening Day 2012

Baseball.

For the Chicago Cubs, opening day is today. In the hallowed halls of Wrigley Field, the Cubs of Chicago and the Nationals of Washington will meet, Ryan Dempster on the mound for the Cubs, the flamethrower Stephen Strasburg on the mound for the Nationals.

I have been a Cubs fan for much of my life. The Cubs have taught me the enduring power of hope.

And Opening Day is the most hopeful day of all. It’s like Christmas, only with baseball.

Opening Day is the day when fate has yet to be written, when anything is possible, when your beloved team really can “go all the way.”

In that spirit, Eddie Vedder’s paeon to the Cubs, “All The Way” —

Go Cubs Go. :cubs:

Published by Allyn

A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

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