Getting way out ahead of something: if a baseball season happens, there will likely be players who choose not to participate. Maybe even some guys on "your" team. Maybe some guys you love. But they've gotta have space & grace to make that decision for themselves & their families.
Nick Castellanos tells Joe Maddon "Happy Opening Day" before every game
I asked him why
"Prove to me it's not"
"If what has happened is a memory and whats going to happen is a thought, you're taking yourself out of right now. So in that case, every day is Opening Day" @WGNNews
Joe Maddon on Javier Báez: “He’s got the biggest hard drive, the most RAM. He’s got everything going on every day. He’s got great vision. What he sees in advance, it’s like the best running back. It’s the best point guard you’ve ever seen. It’s all of that as a shortstop.”