Time begins again

The title of this post is shamelessly stolen from Tom Boswell's famous Why time begins on opening day. Boswell was a sportswriter for the Washington Post; while I found him to be frequently pompous and insufferable, he sometimes really had a way with words. For example, 99 Reasons that Baseball is Better than Football:

Bands
Half time with bands
Cheerleaders at half time with bands.
Up With People singing "The Impossible Dream" during a Blue Angels flyover at half time with bands.

Click through for the rest. You know that you want to.

And as a final celebration of the first day of time's beginning, here's the greatest baseball song, ever:

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