Thanks all, what a terrific read!

Honestly, thank the gods for baseball season. Somehow we can manage to do the same amount of screaming and finger-pointing, but it doesn't have the same feeling of combat fatigue that I've found in all the focking war coverage (I know, the season is early yet, and the closest the Mariners or Giants will get to a pennant is if they buy one at a souvenir stand). Something about all that messy "brother against brother, line in the sand, spit in your eye" stuff that is horrible on a battlefield, but fan-freaking-tastic on a baseball diamond. PLAY ON!

~Jen