Opening Day 2007 (yesterday) i'm a huge fan of baseball season. a commercial on ESPN about opening day said it rightfully so - "it's a day where every fan believes that THIS is their year to win it all." i love it......until: STORY- since i can't really afford to spend $7 on a beer at the moment, i decided to have my own personal opening night of baseball after work. Astros on at 7pm. had some leftover hotdogs. got some ingredients for nachos. even had plenty of beer on hand. Roy Oswalt vs Pittsburgh. all of this was waiting for me when i got home.... after walking the dog at 650pm, i turned on the tv to see that the game was in the 5th inning, tied 0-0. WTF?! it appears the game started at 6pm.....ok, my bad. so i sit down, feeling rushed that i have to grab 2 beers to 'catch up' as if i were at the game, and i start eating. i tell myself, 'it's a tied game, nothing really happening...lets keep watching'. excitement level - high again. a two run homer by the astros in the bottom of the 5th and i'm oozing with joy! made some nachos and grabbed another beer. then a home run by the pirates in the 8th causes more excitement...JUST because the game is that close. 2-1 astros. anxiety sets in as the shaky, low-self esteem pitcher brad lidge comes in the 9th to close the game for the astros. he strikes out the first batter. the second batter gets a ground ball to shortstop. 2 outs.. top of the ninth... and remember, opening night. everyone's on their feet in the stadium, so i join them from my living room. third batter. first pitch.... home run. did i just see that? unbelievable. tied 2-2. i sit down for the next 30 minutes to watch a losing effort by my team in 10 innings. there are very few things that i truly get to enjoy on a regular basis. ESPN forgot to mention in their commercial that the 50% of the teams that lose on opening night have fans sometimes going home unforgiving. lucky for me, i was already home. | 
