It’s that time of year!

I love baseball- not the same way that I did as a child, but in a pretty deep way. The sport is like a nice little thread between my grandfather, father, and nephews. Each one of us grew up playing the game and still enjoy watching it.  So every year as February finally lets go of its icy grip upon us and March plays the role of dick-teasing a little bit of spring here and there I get excited because I know baseball season is upon us.

Usually the beginning of a sports season means that I’ll find myself on the couch cheering on the teams that I follow; whether it be the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL and the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Carolina Panthers.  But the problem has been for so long with baseball that I don’t really have a team to follow. (more…)