Baseball is definitely back

I just heard the Kansas City announcers describe a base hit as "vintage Grudzielanek".

Hooray for baseball! It's a holiday in the Furdell household... pretty much literally, as I'm taking the day off and we're all heading to the ballpark later to catch the Mariners-Rangers game. I've really been pining for the baseball, partially because the M's actually have a shot at the division this year (thanks to Los Angelheim having injury woes in its starting rotation), but also because we'll be going to a bunch of games with my baby son. (And then there's that whole matter of the Sonics being on the verge of leaving, from which we pretty much all need a distraction.)

My favorite M's blog is Lookout Landing. Here's their entry from the best game I attended last season.

Here's a video I sent to Theo, as a new anthem for baseball season.. Any attempt to explain it would prove fruitless, so I present it without further comment: the Peter Gammons theme song.