Major League Baseball Essay on Early Season Baseball By now, all the swooning articles about balls “thwacking” into gloves and other balls rising over “green expanses” towards “expectant crowds” have been discarded or are lining birdcages.  Thus, it is time to review the actual rules of watching early season Major League Baseball.  Far too many are being violated for my taste, and since I’m the decider on this page, my vote is the one that counts.  Rule One:  “Root, root, root for the home team.”  People!  There is a reason that some remarks and terms become clichés.  Often, a direct, high correlation with the truth or a moral principle that should be acknowledged is involved.  For example, in my current hometown, Philadelphia, there is no more annoying creature ever in sight than someone … Read entire article »