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There are other changes as well.
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Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
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To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
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I know that it is only January, but I am starting to get baseball fever already. I checked out the Minnesota Twins homepage today, and the tentative start of the season is only 2 months, 2 weeks, and 6 days away! Does anybody else have baseball spring fever also?
I would be if only I had any hope at all that my poor pathetic Orioles would show a little spunk this year!
i'm a pirates fan, so I'm jealous of the orioles!!! you're lucky you haven't had 15 LOSING seasons in a row!!! every year it's "we'll get'em next year." argh!! i can't wait for spring training because for a month they won't have a below .500 average!!! go buccos!!
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We LOVE baseball! I drive past a local high school everyday on my way home from work, and when I see the school team out on the first day of baseball practice, I call my DH and tell him "The Boys of Summer are back!"
i'm a pirates fan, so I'm jealous of the orioles!!! you're lucky you haven't had 15 LOSING seasons in a row!!! every year it's "we'll get'em next year." argh!! i can't wait for spring training because for a month they won't have a below .500 average!!! go buccos!!
Oh Jyl - We are catching up to you fast! We've had so many bad seasons that I've lost count! And....any time we play the Buccos we end up losing spectacularly! At least the Pirates usually have young players who have some excitement for the game! My O's are just poor shadows of their once glorious selves! But every spring brings new hope!! - even if it only lasts til opening day.
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count me in !!!!!! My Astros are going to look soooo different this year......im gonna need a playbook just to keep up with all the new faces...... its gonna be a different looking team without Biggio around...but hopefully we are going to move on to the next level......
I am waiting on Dyan to let us know when the Red Sox start thier training. I KNOW she has it down to the minutes and seconds
Go Red Sox!!!!
Janine! There are approximately 32 more days until Red Sox Spring Training. I usually go by the day after Valentine's Day rule-of-thumb, but this year the 15th is a Friday, so we shall see!!
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I seem to think the Sox start in Japan this year!
The Red Sox were the last team to sign on. They will be playing the Oakland A's in Japan on April 1st & 2nd. Should be interesting to see how that all plays out!
The home opener is Tuesday, April 8th at 2:05pm against the Detroit Tigers! As much as I would to be there, I don't know who my dad is taking. I was with him when they the Sox were presented their rings in 2005, so he may have someone else in mind. In any event, I'll be watching.....whether its on TV or in my favorite seat at Fenway Park!
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Baseball Home Openers are Just Around the Corner!
I checked out the Minnesota Twins homepage today, and the tentative start of the season is only 2 months, 2 weeks, and 6 days away! Does anybody else have baseball spring fever also?
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But every spring brings new hope!! - even if it only lasts til opening day.
GEAUX SAINTS!!
The Red Sox were the last team to sign on. They will be playing the Oakland A's in Japan on April 1st & 2nd. Should be interesting to see how that all plays out!
to be there, I don't know who my dad is taking. I was with him when they the Sox were presented their rings in 2005, so he may have someone else in mind. In any event, I'll be watching.....whether its on TV or in my favorite seat at Fenway Park! 
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