Winter is Ending

We have made it through the longest winter we have seen in seven years.  Living in Kansas, you don't have months and months of winter.  You get a week.  At best.  That was something that was horrible about living that far south.  When we moved to Minnesota, we were anticipating real winters.  Snow in November lasting through February and into March.  Last year, we didn't get that.  A joke played by the weather gods for us moving north I suppose.  This year, we got our winter!  Mid December was the first accumulation and it is now starting to melt.  We have had about four days in a row in the low to mid forties and combined with a little bit of rain, the grass is starting to show.  The thing about the snow melting is that it needs to happen quickly.  As the nice white layers of snow start to melt, you get stuck with that nasty grey dirty snow and that is just depressing.  So far, it is coming to an end quickly and that is nice.  We can focus on what is important.  Baseball season! 

Opening Day technically is today (Texas v. Houston) but what most everyone else is focused on is tomorrow, the real Opening Day.  The Detroit Tigers are opening the season here in Minnesota.  I really contemplated getting tickets to go because that is on my Baseball Bucket List but settled on going to game number two.  This will be the earliest I have ever been to a baseball game and I'm excited about it.  Plus, we found out that it is dollar hot dog day!  It's the little things that really matter. 

I really pushed to go to Opening Day.  My wife wanted to know why I wanted to go to Minnesota's Opening Day even if they are playing Detroit.  But it's Opening Day!  Argument invalid.  Plus the tickets were cheaper for game two.  And....and dollar hot dogs.  The excitement of the new season will still be in the air.  It'll be like an Opening Day contact high.  Below is how I think everything in the AL Central will pan out. 

1. Detroit Tigers (Not winning this weak division [and not getting back to the World Series] would cost a lot of people their jobs.)
2. Kansas City Royals (They made the pitching deals I think they needed to get their rotation to match their batting lineup.  In a few years, they could be sitting at the top.)
3. Cleveland Indians (Quite a few people are high on the Indians this year.  Yes they made off season acquisitions, but their pitching rotation will lose them games.) 
4. Chicago White Sox (I always want to put them in last place, but they find a way to win.  Ass hats.)
5. Minnesota Twins (Rebuild process:  commence.  See you guys in about five years.)

Go Get 'em Tigers!