Okay, so Phil saw his shadow this morning and heading on back to his borrow for another six weeks of winter, the big sissy! Who needs him to tell us when spring will arrive anyway. We've got Major League Baseball to tell us that! (Can't trust NHL hockey or NBA basketball any more. Hell, they're still doing their playoff thing in JUNE for crying out loud.)
Let's take a look at the Mets' schedule. Yeah, pitchers and catchers report in about 10 days and that starts SPRING training, but the first official game isn't until April 6th in Cincinnati. And they don't have a home opener in the new Citi Field until a week later. April 6 is NINE freakin' weeks away!
Okay, okay. How about fishing season (and none of that ice fishing stuff unless it's for ice in a glass of Scotch)? Let's see....New York State always starts its trout season on April 1 come hell or high water, although there's more frequently a blizzard or two lurking in the wings. That's still EIGHT weeks away. What about Pennsylvania? Shoot, the trout season up here in the Northern Tier doesn't open until April 18...10 and 1/2 weeks from now. (It does start two weeks earlier in some southeast counties.)
Shoot, Phil's phorecast is starting to sound pretty good.
2 comments:
I remember when I was a youngin', the Phillies had to cancel their home-opener because of SNOW! March and April are deceiving months.
I thought it was ground dog day! We grilled some of those puppies up in North Korea just for that occasion!
My Bad,
KIM Jong IL, Great Reader
Norf Korea
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