stlcard25…Nice post! No question about it. Your term “constant companion” says it all about my favorite game. I always wonder what the heck I’m going to do when the season comes to an end, but I always make it through the long winter in anticipation of another season. I don’t believe it’s at all a coincidence that baseball once again comes alive just at the precise time as everything else. And oh…40 doesn’t bother you? I’d sure trade places with you…Haha! At any rate, enjoy the game and GO REDBIRDS!