Night Owl Cards

  This is the earliest I've ever written one of these. With the World Series ending in November, and my Dodgers involved, and the season starting with six days left in March, it seems a little dramatic to be exclaiming "finally, Opening Day!"   Maybe that's just the way things are speeding up at my advanced age, but also, there was once a time when the World Series wrapped up before October and the season didn't start until late April. So, yes, we're being a bit over the top.   Still, I'm super-happy to be able to watch fresh baseball games daily from now through October. No, I won't be watching tonight's Netflix game. I'll be at work and have you seen the participants?? Thursday's real Opening Day will be tough, too, with limited early afternoon games. But that's the beauty of baseball -- there are 162 of these babies!!   Time to introduce the season like I always do. For the first time since I started this 17 years ago, nothing has ch...

  When I was a young, baseball-watching fool, I'd wonder about my dad. He was a fan, but he seemed so casual about it. He'd watch maybe an inning or two and then he'd get up and go out to the garage or do some other chore.   Even when he was watching he didn't seem to care. He didn't have as much knowledge about the players or teams as I did because he wasn't interested enough to learn. He was like that with a lot of sports (well, I guess football was the only other one. We didn't really watch any other sports).   Later I figured that's what happens when you get older, you lose interest. And it's true, I've lost interest in a lot about sports. I have not watched one single minute of the NCAA Tournament. I used to be invested. I'd always fill out brackets, at work or wherever. I'd get caught up in the early rounds and the upsets. When my daughter was turning 2 and we had a big birthday party, I had to be pulled away from the TV while watch...