My Own Holiday

Everyone has their favorite things.  Whether it is food or movies or sports.  For me it is baseball.  As I've gotten older, my love for it has just grown.  It sure has been nice the past decade being a Tigers fan.  It hasn't always been that way.  We all remember how bad they were in the late 90s and early 2000s.  We all don't want to remember it, but we do.  They are transitioning to a younger team and in the process of rebuilding/retooling.  They are outside shots at getting into the playoffs let alone the World Series.  That is okay though. 


The past few years, I have taken Opening Day off of work to watch baseball.  Living in Minnesota, I don't always get to see the Tigers, but I do have the MLB Network and they do live look ins throughout the day.  The Twins play later in the day today and I'll watch them take on the Royals.  While I'm not a full on supporter of the Twins, I have been following them as long as we have lived in this state.  Plus, if they can beat the Royals that is for the best.  I take the day off because I look at it as a bit of a holiday.  Every year there are tons of people that clamor for the day after the super bowl to be some sort of holiday so they don't have to go to work.  I don't care that much for football, so I have never been one of those people.  I am, however, one of those people when it comes to baseball.  This is the national past time.  This is a day of wonder, joy, and excitement.  

I have yet to make it to an Opening Day at the ballpark.  I have been to opening weekend a few years ago when the Tigers were here in Minnesota.  It was game two of the season.  That is as close as I have come.  True, it would be best to get to Detroit for Opening Day, but that has not come to pass.  I would take what I could get though.  If someone handed me a ticket to the Twins/Royals game today, I would take it.  IT'S OPENING DAY! 

I threw on my Alan Trammell jersey, my Tigers hat, and planted myself on the couch.  Nerdy?  Yes.  Does it make me smile?  Absolutely. 

A post shared by Michael Litzner (@melitzner) on Apr 3, 2017 at 9:24am PDT

I grew up watching baseball.  I remember skipping college classes on Opening Day to watch the terrible Tigers of 2001-2004.  I have taken the day off of work the past few years, and I will continue to do so as long as I can.  If you have a love of a sport why wouldn't you want to, in some way shape or form, partake in it's Opening Day?