Wow,  what to say.  Well there is water everywhere.  There is water in Houston and there is also water in our basemant which sucks.  I need somethng to calm my nerves and it is not available at this very moment, Baseball! 

Yes, Baseball is my sanctuary.  I know that if my day is going bad at work or I am upset with someone in a unorderly manner I can turn on a game and just relax.  I once heard that baseball is like the perfect girlfriend.  (Now I did not say this) But, what was said is that, “Baseball is like the perfect girlfriend.  It is always there for you, and for some strange reason you don’t want anything to do with it on some night you can just turn it off and the next day it will be waiting for you with open arms like the previous day never happened.”  Yeah, that is the perfect girlfriend.  That is why I love baseball.  My wonderful girlfriend is just about this way and that is I feel so lucky to be with her.

But seriously, I am beginning to need my 95 mile an hour fast balls and the occasional sinking curve.  Those pitches, plus the holding back of your hands to instead of pulling the ball around down the line, you are sending it into the opposite field to pull off an amazing double play that can be stretched into a close triple.  That is what I long for.  Wether it is the Chicago Cubs against the Cardinals on WGN or the Boston Red Sox vs. the New York Yankees, I long for the sound of the bat cracking on a beautifully placed double, only to be taken away by a rookie left fielder laying out over the freshly cut grass and standing up knowing he just saved the inning from turning into a blood bath.  I love baseball.  Every single moment of it.

This is how I feel right now.  I can not wait for the Cubs to be back in the game.  I have a slight urge to bust out the 20K game by Kerry Woods and watch it on this wet day off.  And I wait and in the back of my mind dread the oncoming of the Cubs post season.  Along with every other Chicago Cubs fan.  To see them play makes it all right in the world. 

To everyone,  Have a good weekend and love baseball. 

Its my Sanctuary and I cherish it.