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Contrary to the logic of the Dodgers and Diamondbacks having already played two regular season games in Sydney, Australia, and the odd Sunday kick-off game yesterday, the official Opening Day of the 2014 Major League Baseball season is today.\u00a0 Baseball season has officially begun, and from now until October, the greatest sport on earth is in play.<\/span><\/p>\n And I just don\u2019t really care.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n By no means does this mean that I\u2019ve suddenly grown to hate baseball or anything, it\u2019s just that it just doesn\u2019t feel so tremendously important to me like it once used to.\u00a0 This is probably no surprise to my six readers whom I\u2019ve been telling for two seasons now about my increasing apathy towards the greatest sport on earth, but this is the first time that I\u2019ve completely forgotten about Opening Day.\u00a0 I know the Braves are opening their season out in Milwaukee, and that they\u2019re going to Washington next, but that\u2019s solely because I just found out about the opening series and I\u2019m likely going back to Virginia this weekend.\u00a0 I have no idea who the Braves are going to host for when they open up Turner Field eventually, nor am I so eager that I have to immediately check.<\/span><\/p>\n Sure, I joke about how I\u2019m the worst baseball fan on the planet, but when the day is over, I\u2019m still rooting for the Braves to win every game they can, and hope they make it to the playoffs and have a good run en route to a World Series championship.\u00a0 However, I\u2019m not going to be so hell-bent hanging on every single game like I once was like a few years ago, because it\u2019s just not that important to me anymore.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure if this is just because I\u2019ve grown distanced from the fandom, or if other things just seem much more important and of higher priority.<\/span><\/p>\n Regardless, I find comfort that on most nights, barring a scheduled off-day or inclimate weather, there is\u00a0always<\/em>\u00a0something to do, with a Braves game, or any other game that might be nationally televised.\u00a0 However, baseball games aren\u2019t going to dictate my schedule, and I can already foresee that if something more seemingly interesting or appealing comes along, I\u2019m going to hesitate less to choose it over the game.<\/span><\/p>\n The one thing that hasn\u2019t changed at all, in spite of my general apathy of entering a fresh new season, is what baseball means to me.<\/span><\/p>\n Baseball is the perfect excuse<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s the perfect excuse to get together with friends and have laughs, drink cold beers, eat crappy food, and share good conversation.\u00a0 It\u2019s the perfect excuse to travel, and cite a game as justification to visit a corner of the country that you might not consider visiting under any other circumstances.\u00a0 Baseball is simply the perfect excuse to indulge in the world around us, with or without other people, although I personally find it best with others.<\/span><\/p>\n Although the arrival of the 2014 season doesn\u2019t seem that important to me, I still tremendously look forward to getting together with my friends for some select games.\u00a0 I still look forward to getting in my car and driving 3-5 hours to minor league ballparks I haven\u2019t been to before, so I can subsequently visit the small downs and try new restaurants and regional foods I\u2019d never had before.\u00a0 I still look forward to planning and hoping to execute larger baseball trips to cities I\u2019ve never been to before, and the adventure of renting cars and exploring segments of the country I\u2019d never thought of visiting until baseball happened.\u00a0 And I most certainly, still look forward to expanding on my ever-growing collection of baseball bobbleheads, which I admit to spending an egregious amount of effort in planning and working with others to collectively expand our respective collections.<\/span><\/p>\n So although I might be apathetic to the arrival of the baseball season, it doesn\u2019t mean the arrival of the baseball isn\u2019t important to me.\u00a0 The results of the games just aren\u2019t as important to me as all of the little adventures in between and leading up to the games before they actually happen.\u00a0 These are the things that happen, because baseball is the perfect excuse\u00a0for<\/em>\u00a0them to happen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Contrary to the logic of the Dodgers and Diamondbacks having already played two regular season games in Sydney, Australia, and the odd Sunday kick-off game yesterday, the official Opening Day of the 2014 Major League Baseball season is today.\u00a0 Baseball season has officially begun, and from now until October, the greatest sport on earth is … Continue reading What baseball means to 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