Note – written in mid-March, before the season started.

It was the English poet Alexander Pope who penned the words, “Hope springs eternal,” back in 1732, one hundred fourteen years before the New York Nine pounded the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club 23–1, in what is recognized as the first game in baseball history.

I’m reminded of Pope’s words every year about this time, as the Major League Baseball season opens. My Chicago Cubs will host the Washington Nationals at Wrigley Field on March 26th. Am I the only one who thinks it’s absurd that, at the beginning of the season, all the southern teams seem to go north to play in the opener? But that’s a rant for another day. 

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