Ladies and gentlemen our long, national nightmare is over…. Major League Baseball Opening Day is here! At 4:05 this afternoon Adam Frazier will dig into the dirt in the left-handed hitter batter’s box at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. When he does this he will stare down right-handed pitcher Luis Castillo and the 2019 Pittsburgh Pirates season will be underway.
Opening Day should be a national holiday in this country. If we’re being honest, it’s a sin that it is not. Baseball is America’s past time after all. Instead of members of Congress arguing nonstop over minuscule issues, it’s time they come together, as red blooded Americans, and make MLB Opening Day a national holiday.