Simply Put - Bring On Baseball & Springtime

It’s time to put away the sneakers and break out the cleats. Most folks will be getting their sports fix outdoors at the ole ball park. Nothing quite like taking in a baseball game at the ballpark. Kick back in a lawn chair, maybe have a hot dog, or two and heckle ole blue behind the plate about his poor eye sight (which usually isn’t much better than our own).

I’ve written before about how I like the transition from basketball to baseball. We go from a fast pace game, played in packed indoor gyms on cold nights with plenty of loud music to a leisurely paced game, played outdoors at parks where folks tend to scatter out a little more. A few programs will have some music but it’s not near as loud and I can usually understand most of the words to the songs.

But baseball season means other things as well. It’s a sign that the season is about to change from winter to spring and then to summer. The cold dreary days of January and February are giving way to the sunny days of March and April. Spring is a comin’. Now some folks who struggle with allergies dread the coming of spring. The Lord blessed me with no allergies to speak of so spring time is my one of my favorite times of the year.

We see the Lord’s awesome creations begin to blossom and brighten up the landscape. We hear the birds singing again and lots of new little creatures in the meadows and pasture lands. There is just something that spring time brings that give us a little extra pep in our step. For those of us who love the outdoors recreational activities like fishing, canoeing, kayaking, boating, swimming, hiking, walking, jogging or bird watching, springtime brings regeneration.

Of course it’s not all a bed of roses. Again, if you struggle with allergies my heart goes out to you. There’s enough yellow pollen floating around these days to make my little black Pontiac Vibe look like a bumble bee. And with all the rain we’ve had recently, the mosquito factories have been working overtime. And they have produced a bumper crop so look out for incoming swarms of the pesky insects.

But I’ll fight off the mosquitos best I can, keep my car rinsed daily to rid it of the layers of pollen because, Simply Put, it’s time for baseball and springtime.

From the front porch: Uncle Bob said baseball is like church. Many attend. Few understand.