I wish I had something other-worldly to write. I wish I had some insights into why off-season decisions have been made, not made, or ignored. I wish I had some wisdom into what was going on in the baseball world other than reading blogs and looking at ESPN.com every day, but I don’t. Instead, I’m just making a simple statement: I miss baseball.
This happens to me around this time every year. I don’t know if you can contribute it to some sort of seasonal depression, but it happens. I’m not a big TV watcher. Unless it’s tied to some sort of sport, I probably don’t watch it. I’m too busy trying to figure out how to decorate my house via Pinterest with more Cardinals’ paraphernalia. Thank goodness for that site, my husband loves my projects. He does…really.
In my everyday life, I’m just a simple 8th grade English teacher trying to not only teach my students how to write an argumentative essay about Civil Rights, but also incorporate baseball into that realm. Have you ever seen the movie, “42”? Yahtzee. This girl has figured out how to incorporate baseball into her every day life.
I often find myself in my downtime thinking random thoughts about the Cardinals and how they will be in the upcoming season. I worry about the signing of Peralta, like many others, and his previous problems with PEDs. Is it worth worrying about? Nope, because I trust Mo. His ability to make decisions on the fly and make them work–just one of the many reasons I count myself as a proud member of Cardinal Nation. We needed a shortstop. We got one. A good one. I think it will work.
Then, there’s the thoughts about Taveras. When’s he gonna get called up? Has he actually been called up? When’s he going to start putting on his big boy pants? I don’t know, I have no answers. I do have faith that he will be called up and ready to go when he and the team are ready, and I have faith that he will be great. And what about all these players that have been invited for Spring Training? I’m feeling a little “Major League”-ish (the original only, please), but it worked for them…
I worry about the bullpen. Is Motte going to be the closer again? Where’s Kelly going to be? Other than Wainwright, who’s going to be in the starting rotation? Not sure, but I’m excited and ready to find out.
Is Wong going to start at second, and move Carpenter over to third? That’s my guess, and in all reality, it may have been decided, and you may already know, but I don’t. I could hit up my good friend the googler, but instead, I choose to be surprised. Surprised in either a good or bad way, but surprised, nonetheless.
What about Craig? Is he going to be good to go for the season? Or, Carp in the head office? Yes, please. I wonder if he can get some coverage up there with Darth Vader by his side. My son (and husband) would love it. There is a Star Wars Day set at Busch in July. Road trip for this KC fam.
All of this excitement for the upcoming season does lead me to one disappointment, and that’s Carlos Beltran. Now, I knew that he wouldn’t stay a Cardinal, and I will rack that up as #2 on my all-time disappointments of not keeping a player I love (with Berkman being #1), but I’m disappointed that he would sign with the Yankee$. Why? Because I was hoping that he would come my way. There was a lot of talk about him coming back to K.C. Now, don’t get me wrong, I never thought he really belonged here, but a girl’s gotta dream, right? Don’t think I wouldn’t have been first in line to buy a Royals’ Beltran jersey, coming back to where he started. I’m disappointed in the fact that he went for the money. I never thought he would. I should have known better. Moving on…
Bottom line-I am excited and ready for baseball to start. I miss it terribly. It’s time. We are officially less than 19 days away from pitchers and catchers reporting. We shall get through this together….
As always….Go Cards!
