Today is Opening Day for Major League Baseball. Finally! I’m finding it very hard to be excited about this season and I’m not sure why. Maybe its life; our lives in general that have me down. Maybe its the way the owners treated the players and the drama they caused before they started Summer Camp. Maybe it’s the mere fact that we are even playing baseball during the pandemic. We need some normalcy in our lives so I’m grateful for the game, but at the same time, the exhibition games I’ve watched are rather eerie, or maybe, just maybe, it’s the fact that sports once again is a reflection of our lives and society. While baseball is about to start, the Tokyo Summer Olympics which were set to start yesterday are now scheduled to start a year from today.
Olympic Softball was set to return yesterday. After a 12 year hiatus, USA Softball would once again be on the world stage and show its dominance in game 1 of the tournament, but it could not happen because of the pandemic. I was lucky enough to see that last team play in 2008. The team was STACKED with Jennie Finch, Cat Osterman, Monica Abbot, Caitlin Lowe, Laura Berg, Crystal Bustos, Vicky Galindo, Andrea Duran, Natasha Watley, and others who led the team to a Silver Medal in Beijing. This past Spring Team USA lead by Monica Abbott and Cat Osterman, and featured Sacramento area natives Ally Carda (Elk Grove) and Ali Aguilar (Orangevale) were set to make a stop at Sutter Health Park before COVID shut us all down. The 2020….umm…2021 team features some amazing players as well such as former Cal star Val Arioto, Florida’s Aubree Munroe, Alabama’s Haylie McCleney, and Oklahoma’s Keilani Ricketts. It’s a bit sad to think of what could have been, but that stage will be there again, one year out.
Dugout Tales 
First of all I would like to say wonderful blog!
I had a quick question in which I’d like to ask
if you do not mind. I was curious to find out how you
center yourself and clear your head prior to writing.
I’ve had a tough time clearing my thoughts in getting my thoughts
out. I do enjoy writing but it just seems like the
first 10 to 15 minutes are wasted simply just trying to
figure out how to begin. Any suggestions or tips?
Kudos!
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Thanks for reading and reaching out. Honestly I face the same problem but what I do is maybe write a sentence or a paragraph that I know I will be using, and then I step away from it. I can usually write most of it in my head over night and get the first draft done in the morning. Sorry that I couldn’t be much more help.
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