The calender says that Spring started a few weeks ago, but for many sports fans, today is the first day of Spring. That's right, it's baseball's opening day (I don't count yesterday). Every team is in first place and each player is looking forward to what they hope will be a career year. Well, maybe not Prior and Wood-I think they're just hoping that their arms don't fall off. For Cubs fans like me, it's the start of another run at ending the championship drought that now extends almost 100 years. Hopefully this is the year.

Now that I'm all responsible with a job and all I can't watch as much baseball as I used to, but I did just subscribe to the MLB.tv video service that will let me watch most of the Cubs' (and everyone else's) games. Hopefully I can keep that on in the background and still get some work done. If the Cubs play as poorly as they did today that won't be a problem. They're losing 5-1 right now, and I'm multitasking like a champ.

Brian, Tim Tracy, Rich, Tim Surrette, and I are all excited about opening day 2007. Anyone else?

Fun Fact: I took this picture and caught the foul ball.