Posted on 31 March 2011. Tags: Appetizer, Baseball Opening Day, Brewers, Corley, David Glass, Day Of The Year, Drunken Friends, Foos, Fresh Start, Game 7, Happy Holidays, March 31st, March Madness, Mcgregor, Mendy Lopez, Midday, Miles Prentice, Missouri March, National Holiday, Opening Day, Poll Id, Rallies, Retread, Royals, Royals Baseball, Sitting In My Living Room, State Holiday, Unsuccessful Attempts, White Sox
Happy Holidays everybody! No, this article isn’t a retread. It is indeed the last week of March and its OPENING DAY!
That’s the greatest holiday of the year. I cannot wait for March 31st! It’s the greatest day of the year. The minute college football ends, I begin to get ready for baseball and March Madness is the appetizer of the great summer feast! So I am always giddy for opening day and I wondered if it was as great for others and my twitter friends came to bat.
Clinton Corley (@clintoninc) had this to say:
@ perhaps the only day of yr where optimism is at its highest & u can feel it inside the stadium. A Fresh Start, Hope SPRINGS Fresh start! Let’s do this! Everyone is undefeated and could do great things! For others it takes people back to their childhood.
Ty and Jay of @sotwpodcast had memories of their mom:
@ I'm w/@. Mom took us out of school w/us fully decked out in Royals gear. We were fooling no one, lol. For others its all about the memories of certain athletes. Mike Foos (@revive85kc) remembers
In 99 I interviewed Miles Prentice at 7 am inside the stadium. It was still dark and completely lit. Owners dnied his bid to buy @ Miles Prentice was turned away of course as David Glass bought the Royals. Since then Prentice has also had unsuccessful attempts to buy Brewers and Reds.
Shane England of @footballranch recalled
@ Oh, BEST memory. Obviously its Mendy Lopez. 8 drunken friends jumping up and down like game 7 of the WS. That's Royals baseball For those of you who dont know Lopez, who was a career journeyman, hit a pinch-hit, three-run homer against the White Sox in the bottom of the 9th for a 9-7 win on opening day 2004. Those late rallies happened a couple of different opening days too.
For some, the memories aren’t being at the K but the strong memories of just being home such as Adam McGregor (@admcgregor3) recalls:
@ sitting in my living room before track practice in college and watching the rally back in the 9th inning to win @ those late rallies happened a couple of different opening days too. Opening day should be a national holiday or at least a state holiday for a great baseball state like Missouri. March 31st marks the greatest day of the year and a day that everyone reading this blog is excited for, ready for and can not wait for the festivities.
Happy opening day everyone! If you are at the K shoot me a message on twitter @kcroyalman and I will stop by! I can’t wait to see you all on the greatest day of the year. May it turn out well for both the Cards and Royals and playoffs for both! Hey we can dream! Thats whats great about opening day!
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Posted on 20 December 2010. Tags: Ace Pitcher, Assignment Editor, Baseball, Bob Dutton, Broken Bat, Buzz, Fan Site, Friend Jim, Happy Holidays, Jim Breen, Kansas City Royals, Kc Star, Milwaukee Brewers, Monday Morning, Podcast, Prelude To The Storm, Radio, Shocking News, Zack Greinke
The Royals sites are all a buzz as the team has traded ace pitcher Zack Greinke to the Milwaukee Brewers. Since I-70 got caught on the outside looking in for the first time this off-season, let’s round up what’s going on on the Internets out there.
When we start with the links, let’s start with our friend Jim Breen, who will join us on I-70 Baseball Radio tonight. Jim runs Milwaukee fan site Bernies Crew and broke the rumor that Greinke was headed to Milwaukee before anyone. You can read his original post here.
The guys over at Royals Authority figure that Things Just Got More Interesting as they break down the Greinke deal here.
The team of writers at Kings of Kauffman break down the trade, but they also chimed in with the “shocking” news that Greinke demanded a trade shortly after signing on with a new agent this week. Read their prelude to the storm by clicking here.
One of our standing links every week goes out to our favorite Podcast (other than our own). Give Nick a listen on his Broken Bat Single Podcast each week by clicking here.
Bob Dutton of the KC Star breaks down the deal as in depth as anyone on the Internet. Read his account of it all by clicking here.
That’s it for the links this week. Happy holidays to all or you from all of us.
Bill Ivie is the editor here at I-70 Baseball as well as the Assignment Editor for BaseballDigest.com.
He is the host of I-70 Radio, hosted every week on BlogTalkRadio.com.
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