It’s Opening Day In America!
Common thread for baseball, America
By Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
March 30, 2013
Nothing better captures the essence of hope springing eternal than Opening Day in American baseball.
It is the one day of a year when each team across the league starts out at zero, and you can at least dream for nine innings that maybe your guys will go all the way this time.
Like baseball, America is all about hope. That’s why people came here (and still do) and why Americans love baseball, according to political scientist and baseball historian David Pietrusza.
“Baseball is not about hope without effort, and a 162-game season demands day-in, day-out effort,” Pietrusza said.
Opening Day — like America itself — stands for a belief that because success is not easy, achieving success makes it something to be treasured all the more.