Just the same, even the most accustomed of baseball fans cannot avoid the twisted, nervous, free-falling feeling in their stomach that happens every time March rolls around.
High Schools are getting their fields ready, tryouts everywhere are underway, "team moms" and little league coaches are signing up in every suburb, and, of course, spring training is up and running.
This excitement we feel is quite the epidemic!
This anxiety comes at the beginning of Spring for the same reason that it comes before any baseball game--anything can happen! Unless the fifty-fourth out has been made, there is no way to say that the game is over, and unless October is dead and gone, there's no way to say who is number one. Time and time again, baseball has proved its unpredictability.
Whether you are a Yankee or a Royal, there is no getting away from the madness! The stress factor never fails to drive us insane!... However, it is also one of the reasons we love the sport as much as we do.
Other sports fanatics often tell us that we are odd, crazy, or straight up psycho for loving such a "boring" game. Every time we hear it, it takes everything in our power to not lash out at them for their ignorance. Even when games change with every out, batter, and inning; even without a time limit; even with unexpected plays every minute they still brand baseball as boring.
And here we sit in March, sick to our stomachs, clammy handed, and misunderstood. Yes, we will always be the truly "mad" fans in the sports world.
Therefore, this must be our month! So here's to March, here's to insanity, and here's to us--the only people willing to put up with the anxiety, unpredictability, and "boredom" that only our sport provides!
