aren't you glad today is today?

Well, unlike any day that you can call "today", this "today" only happens once a year.  Never mind the weather (although high 60's and sunny is perfect); never mind the day of the week (Mondays and Fridays are the best, Saturday and Sundays are the worse); never mind the traffic (since when do we not mind traffic); never mind your work attire (do we really care what we look like on today's "today" before?); and never mind the end results (even though we normally are concerned by the end results, today's "today" will be overlooked).  Why such frivolity on today's "today"?  Simple...It's OPENING DAY and the HOME OPENER for our beloved Tribe!  Each and every person, makes no never mind what team or what league or what city is important, opening day marks the spot. The spot where everything is at 0-0; bad memories from the past are removed; future memories are not created yet; and today is "today"!  Fathers/Mothers will have son/daughter in hand, the same as when the fathers were sons and mothers were daughters, and they were "in hand".  The sight of blue will be the "bluest ever!" The green will be the "greenest ever"!  The white will be the "whitest ever"! And "PLAY BALL" will sound as "loud as ever"!  When did a the smell of a hot dog smell as good as "today"?  When did opening peanuts become such a ritual as it "does today"? When did the price of a soda or beer become...well you can't have everything "today"!!  "Today" means more than "Opening day".  It brings most of us back full circle.  What other event can do that?  There are many reasons why one can bemoan where they live; what they do; what life has dealt them.  But for a short 4+ hours that is all put on the back burner and I'll take it.  Go Tribe.