Pepitito...

“Opening Day means spring. It means, literally, an opening: of buds spreading and jackets unbuttoning; of little birds’ mouth gaping; of rubber bands being released from neat’s-foot-oiled baseball mitts that have been held tight around a ball all winter. The Louisville Slugger sends painful jolts up your arms if you don’t connect properly in the chill air. It will be better soon: warmer, and the wind will die down. But even now, if you keep the label up, you can knock that old horsehide clean and far and feel nothing but warmth.”