It is awesome to see the ticker on ESPN displaying baseball scores again. This has been the longest off season of my life. I think mostly because I was awaiting the birth of my first child, which happened in February. My buddies in my fantasy baseball league have been lamenting along with me that this off season has nearly been unbearable.
Chipper Jones has been doing some running and sliding drills and the knee feels fine he says. I'll be able to relax a little more when he charges a slow chopper, fields it, plants and throws and his knee doesn't explode into pieces. Honestly, any time he plays this year is icing on the cake. After all the injuries in his career, I'm just thrilled that he's still playing at this point. Now I can watch the Braves and Chipper this summer with my daughter. She's a baby and won't know who he is, but when she's older I can tell her that she did in fact watch him.
I'm excited about the new look Braves. I think this team can compete and should be a lot of fun to watch. Not having Melky Cabrera on this team ups the fun factor by 478%.
