Out of the Funk

I’ve been in a funk the last few months. The no-baseball funk. Sure, there was hot stove and silly season and spring training and exhibition games, but it all lacks the pure adrenaline of serious competition. Then, I came home tonight from San Diego, turned on the HD TV, and heard the soothing sound of Vin Scully’s voice.

He was calling the Dodgers-Red Sox game being played at the Coliseum here in downtown Los Angeles. I’ve spent plenty of time at the Coliseum, in the press box, doing AMA Supercross PR for Kawasaki back when they ran events here. But this was amazing: 115,300 fans in attendance. 115,300 fans to see a spring training game. 115,300 fans who came to Downtown — my town — to watch Joe Torre’s Dodgers battle the World Champion Red Sox.

Now, I’m out of the funk. Let the games begin.