There's that moment when you first enter the park, that you leave the warm sunlight and are suddenly plunged into the darkness of the concourse. Your senses are overwhelmed by the smell of popcorn, the excitement of fans anticipating the game, the vendors loudly hawking beer or hot dogs, and the rush of cool air that comes with the circulation of the air in and out of the field area. As we slowly make our way through the ticket-takers and happy crowd, we see the field, ever so green in the distance. This is one of my most favorite things in this world--walking through the concourse approaching the emerald fields of baseball. It is the promise of a lovely day, the warmth of the sun, and the fun of watching a good game. It is spending time with the family, of just relaxing, not having to do anything but sit on my bottom and watch the Boys of Summer. The contrast of a cold beer in hand and the warm breeze on my shoulders can't be beat.
Isn't this a metaphor for this winter? I feel like we have been in the cold and snow for too long this year, and still, we are lucky to approach 50 degrees even this week. Come April, we are hopefully heading into the concourse of Spring--the darkness of winter leaving, the brightness of Spring directly ahead, if only we'd get there already.
Spring with it's promise of flowers and of green grass, the warm breezes and delicious smells of the earth returning to life. It's just ahead, almost in our grasp--it feels like we're walking and walking and never getting there. It's like the nightmare where you cannot dial the phone or you keep running and your feet aren't making headway. I want to be at Spring already!
15 comments:
It's much better than warm beer on your hands and cold breeze on your shoulder :P
Have a great day! :D
I really like that picture. I'm not a sports fan, but I must admit the time or two I have been to a baseball game I have the same feeling!
I could close my eyes and imagine I was sitting right there with you. Great post!
Yes, spring is coming hesitating...very shy! ;-)
I love to go to watch baseball games,too! But we usually go to night game in summer.It's wonderful to drink cold beer!
OK, now I am just jealous. I do not get to games like I use to.
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I went to my first game at the Stadium in the South Bronx nearly 50 years ago, and I remember it like it were yesterday.
What a feeling!
Your description is so vivid, I can smell the popcorn! Now, I can't get the song my sons always sing out of my head. Can't remember the title but it has a few lines that go something like this "Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks, I don't care if I never get back....."
ooo...lovely photo! Me too! I just can't WAIT for spring:) It was raining again here all last weekend and this week. Today it is sunny and a bit warmish and nice, this weekend it's supposed to be in the 70s-yay!
I am so ready for Spring too!! It is snowing here again today with more to come it seems :( So tired of Winter!!
The way you describe that makes me itch to get to a game myself!
I love this post! I think many of us feel the same way about wanting the winter to finally be gone for good. I myself consider the beginning of the baseball season to be a major sign of this.
Vanilla--Oh yes! You are certainly right on that account--never thought of it that way. :)
Petulal--I guess it is just knowing that I can sit for a couple of hours and can do absolutely nothing for anyone--just relax, that makes it all so grand.
Merry--Wouldn't that be fun?! I'd even make Joe go get us a couple of beers! Watch for your package early next week.
Nyanko--Don't you just love a cold beer and a warm summer night at the park? Ahhhh....I can't wait for it to warm up.
Danny--I always tell Joe that we have to retire someplace there is a major league team--I cannot imagine not going to the games. I like the White Sox (vs the Cubs) because they don't get all the tourists and goofballs going to the games and you can actually drive up and get tickets on short notice. Hey--thanks for the big win over at your blog!! I thought I was exempt!
Joe--Isn't it something?? Nothing like it in the world. The sights, the smells, the sounds....ahhhhh.
Veronica--It's "Take me out to the Ballgame"--they sing it here for 7th inning stretch! I'm glad your boys are being raised properly!
Nancy--It's crazy cold here! Today and tomorrow will be nice, but then...back into the cold. Ugh! Remind me of this when I'm crabbing about how hot it is in August!
Stephanie--Don't EVEN say the "S" word!! No Way!! I guess you have it worse than us--it's just cold here.
Violet--Do you like baseball too? I've loved it since I was a young girl when my neighbors and I would all pile in somebody's van and go to the game.
Great shot, it really captures the excitement of the day. I feel the same exact way when we walk into the football stadium for the first time each season. We usually get there early so we can take it (and some beers) all in.
Lin, it is hard to be exempt when there is only 3 comments that are left. I will work on making the bumper sticker this weekend.
Ratty--Yep, baseball season beginning is the glimmer of hope that warmer days are coming! But I really hate those beginning games--they are FREEZING!
Casey--Oh yeah, nothing like a cold beer in the park--whatever park that may be. But, I assume it's the same--the sights, the smells, the anticipation!
Danny--Where do you find the time??? I'm secretly glad I "won" !
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