Opening Day

All across this country, many Americans are waking up with the promise that the 2011 baseball season will begin tomorrow. Many fathers will throw the ball around with their son, and afterwords wrap their gloves up in a big rubber band in preparation for their favorite team's home opener. Others will tell stories of their favorite teams greatest triumphs, or perhaps their greatest let downs.

Opening day means a lot of different traditions for a lot of different people. One thing it represents to fans everywhere is a fresh start. The beginning of a new season represents the chance for their team to win a pennant, and for fans to feel like champions for lending their support.

Ask any die hard baseball fan out there what his or her favorite memory is concerning the game, and many will respond with the answer of the first game their parents ever took them to. They will be able to describe the account with some of the most particular details that only a true fan could remember. Whether is be how green the grass was, where they were sitting, what player may have hit the first home-run they had ever seen, or any other countless memories.

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There are no real words which can describe the feeling of opening day, the best to do it in my opinion is Don Angel in his poem entitled Opening Day. Within the poem he describes his anticipation for his team's season to start and the drama that ensues with his team coming out on top and resolves by stating that because of the victory he will go to another game that season.

Like Angel, I also get excited for opening day; I look forward to the promise that my hometown team, the Houston Astros could make a run for the championship. One thing is for sure though, opening day will bring excitement and energy to ballparks around the country and to me, signifies the true first day of spring.

Below are some highlights from this years opening day.

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