If you haven’t heard already, real baseball is back today.
Come September 30th, Opening Day may very well be an afterthought, just another game in a schedule comprised of 162. But even if it’s a feeling that doesn’t survive past Tax Day, there is a novelty to the birth of a new regular season. What SB Nation’s own Jon Bois said of March Madness also applies to the genesis of regular season baseball.
In theory, everyone gets a shot at the title. Everyone gets to play. Everyone gets to dream. In practice, victory is hoarded by a predestined few.