ARE YOU READY FOR SOME BASEBALL?

Not only am I ready . . . I'm chomping at the bit!

Last Saturday things were pretty crazy (as usual), Kid #1 had a basketball game, my Dad and Stepmom were up for the day and Kid #3 had a birthday party (that I had to buy the gift for that morning).

I had just finished lunch at Chili's and was taking #3 to the party at Chuck E Cheese's when I got in Hubby's car . . . turned on the ignition . . . and low and behold I heard the sweet voice of Mr. Jon Miller the voice of the Giants (Yea!).

Then I was pleasantly suprised to hear another voice . . . Mr. JT Snow (Double YEA!).

For those of you who have no idea who this person is, JT was the 1st baseman for the Giants from 1997 until 2005, when the managment decided to let him go (even though we didn't have a suitable replacement at the time) . Since then he was with the Red Sox for half a season and then retired.

He is part of the reason why I have the #6 on my Giants jersey (the other part is Robby Thompson who was one of the best 2nd basemen the Giants ever had). Both men represent two of the most important baseball games I have ever been to . . . Game #5 of the NLCS when we beat the Cubbies to win the penant in 1989, and Game #5 of the 2002 World Series.

He was also the first Giant that Kid #3 talked about constantly. If I had a nickel for everytime he told me, "Look Mommy, I'm JT." when he was between the ages of 2 and 4 . . .

Kids #1 & 2 were always Bonds fans . . . but not my little guy. At least not until JT left.

Anyway . . . I love Spring Training because there's always hope. And this year I have a lot of it. Not because I think we're going to do incredibly well or anything, but because it'll give our young guys (and there's a lot of them), the opportunity to work their butts off and not have to worry.

There are expectations . . . but not the usual kind.

It's our new era! As they said in 1986 . . . "You're gonna like these kids!" and I already do!

So let's PLAY BALL! :)