It’s the first Monday after April Fools and there’s no fooling around with the excitement that this day brings.
You can see it with the flurry of sports apparel around campus. Indians jerseys, Reds shirts, Cubs and Yankees hats. I even saw an old-school Diamondbacks hat. The college basketball fans getting their last wears of the season out of Duke jerseys. No Butler jerseys around the green but those are not quite readily worn...yet.
This Spring Monday represents another one of those seasonal sports transitions. And it so seamlessly moves from the fast-paced, frenetic action of college basketball to the plodding, outdoor action of baseball.
And they both have fun stories worth following. Baseball marks a new beginning. One where the Pirates are 1-0 and the Yankees are 0-1, where the standard order is flipped upside down if only for a day.
In basketball, there's the great underdog, the smallest school to reach the National Championship game since tournament expansion dueling with the perennial powerhouse. The 33-year old first-time coach against the legend.
Tonight will be culminated with ‘One Shining Moment’ for basketball, while moments of day one optimism paint the baseball landscape. Just one team will be left standing on the hardwood. All 30 still have a chance at the end of the day on the diamond.
80 degree weather, sun shining, baseball hats and jerseys all around. You know that means it’s a good time of year. The basketball beast of March Madness ushers in the summer pastime. Let’s hope this transition has some oomph.
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