Every spring I cant wait for the opening of baseball season so I can head up to Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Theres nothing like a Saturday afternoon game in May with the promise of a new season and all its possibilities. Every player starts fresh, whether hes a rookie or a seasoned veteran, and the crowd watches each pitch in anticipation of something big. Sitting somewhere behind home plate under a perfect blue sky with a view of the Baltimore skyline beyond the stadium, everything is right with the world.
Kathie Gartrell is a writer-researcher at TRAVELER.