Spring Is In the Air

Can there be any surer sign of spring than these glorious words?

"Pitchers and Catchers report on February 16th"

After the cold and gray days of winter and the boredom of the NFL it is time for the world to right itself once again. Yep baseball is almost here!!! Every team starts out full of hope and confidence of the coming season. None more truer than my beloved Los Angeles Dodgers, one of the lasting gifts my father left me is my love for this team. Not since that magic season of 1988 when a crippled Kirk Gibson achieved immortality has my Dodgers reached the promised land but...This is the year I just know it.
The lyrics from this classic song by John Fogerty says it all.

Centerfield

Well beat the drum and hold the phone
The sun came out today
We're born again, there's new grass on the field
A-roundin' third and headed for home
It's a brown-eyed handsome man
Anyone can understand the way I feel

Put me in Coach
I'm ready to play today
Put me in Coach
I'm ready to play today
Look at me
I can be
Centerfield

Well is spent some time in the Mudville Nine
Watchin' it from the bench
You know I took some lumps when the Mighty Case struck out
So say Hey Willie tell the Cobb
And Joe DiMaggio
Don't say it ain't so
You know the time is now

Put me in Coach
I'm ready to play today
Put me in Coach
I'm ready to play today
Look at me
I can be
Centerfield

Got a beat-up glove, a homemade bat,
And a brand new pair of shoes
You know I think it's time
To give this game a ride
Just to hit the ball and touch 'em all
A moment in the sun
It's gone and you can tell that one goodbye

Put me in Coach
I'm ready to play today
Put me in Coach
I'm ready to play today
Look at me
Gotta be
Centerfield