Opening Day At Coors Field!

Today is Opening Day at Coors Field, which here in Denver is treated like a national holiday. Although I intend to head to Lower Downtown today to enjoy all the festivities taking place around the ballpark, I once again will not be attending the game, thanks to the advent of "dynamic pricing," which raises the price of an opening day ticket to a ridiculous amount. However, not being at the game anymore, I have noticed that many of the thousands of people hanging around Coors Field also don't attend - or for that matter even watch - the game. They are just there to take the day off and party. Any excuse will do. And how will the Colorado Rockies do this year? The team has signed several very good hitters, including all-star Kris Bryant, to add some pop to their lineup, but unlike true contenders, the team has no depth. If one of their starting pitchers suffers an injury, or one of their best hitters goes down, they have nobody decent to replace them, and start losing big-time. In other words, they are doomed. The photograph above, by the way, is from Opening Day 2003. And I am here to tell you that the Opening Day ceremonies never change. If you've seen one, you've seen them all, and after that it is just another ballgame. And a damn expensive ballgame at that. A cynical point of view, but true.