Monday, April 13, 2009

The March to Summer

We are 60 days away, so it's about time I get this thing in gear.

I am currently working on the early look features, with rundowns of each team and bios of every player. Wareham should be up within the week.

A few other things to share:

1. I am now burning the blogging candle at both ends, or something like that. Last year, I decided I wanted to start a college baseball blog. I fired one up, called it Omaha Sky and made one post in three months. I was about ready to chalk it up as a failed endeavor when I got the itch again while digging my car out of the eighth or ninth snow storm, and thinking, "Hey, they're playing baseball somewhere." So I got it going again. It's been a bit of an adventure. Keeping tabs on 300 teams is a lot harder than keeping tabs on 10 teams, and every once in a while, I freak out, miss a few days and become terrified of looking at scores to see what I missed. Neuroses aside, it's up and running. If you're a college baseball fan -- and most of you have at least a passing interest -- then you should check it out. It's getting about seven hits a day, so I could use a few friends over there. The address is omahasky.blogspot.com.

2. On a related note, I promise not to let Omaha Sky interfere with Right Field Fog.

3. I'm not sure about this whole All Star Game at Fenway Park business. I tend to liken it to a high school state championship game getting played at a big venue. It's cool for the players and it's something different, but at the end of the day, the place is 90 percent empty and the game feels more small-time than it would if it was in a home gym.

It's not exactly the same scenario with the Cape League going to Fenway, but it stirs a similar feeling for me. The players will love it, and it'll be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. But the place will also be empty -- even an enormous all-star game crowd of 10,000 wouldn't come close to filling it up -- and the atmosphere will be different. There's something quintessentially Cape League about the all-star game, and I fear having it at Fenway will take away a lot of that charm.

But while I'm not sold on it, I commend the league for taking the chance. Ideally, I think it would be perfect to have a Cape League vs Team USA game (or even NECBL) at Fenway, with the all-star game still on the Cape. That's kind of the best of both worlds. But I guess you have to start somewhere.