The past month of my football fandom has been pretty rough. Penn State didn’t belong on the same field as Ole Miss in the Peach Bowl and the Philadelphia Eagles saw a promising season that started 10-1 end with an abysmal 11-6 regular season record and a blowout loss in the wild card round on Monday night against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. To go from having the best record in the NFL to a wild card round exit on the road against a 9-win division champion is, in a word, gross. This figures to be a massive offseason for the Eagles, which got underway with the news that center Jason Kelce is retiring. I’ll have to share some thoughts on that later on.
But with the Eagles now officially entering the offseason far earlier than anticipated a couple of months ago, the countdown to the start of the baseball season is now officially on. The Phillies had their own rough postseason exit in the NLCS last October, which was an absolute bummer. And they haven’t really done a whole lot to change the team coming back in 2024 to move a needle, but the start of a new baseball season is always something I look forward to.
This is especially true a day after the Eagles were bounced from the playoffs and I spent the large majority of my day outside in the cold and snow and dreading another similar day tomorrow in temperatures that will struggle to rise above 20 degrees.
The Phillies are on deck!
1 month today, pitchers and catchers report!!
Baseball is on the horizon! pic.twitter.com/7DGixn8DIj
— UK Phillies (@UKPhillies) January 16, 2024
Oh yeah, that warms the heart a little bit today. The day pitchers and catchers report is on the calendar now, as is that London Series. I’ll be there! I cannot wait.
Oh, and by the way, Happy new year!
Yes, we are already halfway through the first month of the season but this just so happens to be the first post I am writing here in 2024. Every year I try making a resolution to get back in the personal blogging routine, because it truly is something I enjoy doing just for myself. It is therapeutic in a sense but it has become something I quickly learn time and time again that is just not as easy for me to keep up with as in years past in my so-called blogging prime. But hey, maybe this will be the year!
I have a lot to look forward to in 2024, and I would like to share some of my adventures and experiences with you in this digital written form.