Easter Vindication

First off, I hope that everyone enjoyed their Easter Sunday.  I was able to spend brunch with my family today at grandma's house and that was good times.

By this time tomorrow, the Oakland Athletics will have taken the field to defend their 2012 AL West Title.  This got me thinking, what do people do the night before their teams open at home?

This may have been from Game 3 of the 2012 ALDS,
but Opening Day always has a Playoff like atmosphere.

I was browsing twitter tonight during the first ball game of the 2013 season and realized that people do pretty much everything.  Some fans set their clothes out on what they are going to wear tomorrow as if in anticipation of going on a hot date or to a prom.  Other fans can't sleep, like the night before Christmas before all the presents are unwrapped.  The gates at the Coliseum open at 2pm, so I also know some are doing the last minute preparations for their tailgate party.  The grill, chicken, burgers, hot dogs, chips, salsa, adult beverages and sodas are all ready in the ice chest and all that's left is the stuff needs to be put in the car.

For me, the night before Opening Day has been just a reflection of the past season.  To me this is like New Years as there is the ability to set things right from the past; a new hope perhaps.  The predictions from the "experts" have been made and the fans even from the teams that aren't predicted to do so well have a glimmer of hope.  This is how I felt last season before Opening Night.  I felt the A's could do something special in 2012 and it happened.  They "Shocked the World" as fellow Section 149 Omar G. would say.  Well, it looks like they will have to do it again this season as many experts believe that the Angels lineup is just too good adding Josh Hamilton.  The Rangers are just too good.  Some experts believe the A's are going to finish 3rd and believe last season was just an aberration.  I guess the doubters will have to be proven wrong.

Since December, I have believed that the 2013 season for the A's would be a season of "Vindication."  Why do I use this term?  I use this term because I believe in what I saw from the A's last year was no fluke.  The pitching staff was excellent and the bullpen was marvelous.  You have most of the same guys coming back this year wanting more.  The A's offense has improved.  The A's have a lineup that could possibly have every single guy in it hit at least 10 home runs a piece.  Yoenis Cespedes head is now clear now that his family was able to surpass the legal issues.  He is only going to get better...

Keep the Faith Athletics fans...

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I have also decided to keep non baseball related items here and since I can't think of a great title for it, please let me know if you know of one.  I am not to creative at times and any help would be greatly appreciated.

On Saturday night after playing golf with my cousin my sister requested that I get her eggs and bacon bits from the store so she could make some deviled eggs for Easter.  Usually she cuts the egg in half and sprinkles some curry powder on it, but this time she decided to go all out.  She took each egg and made little chicks out of each one using a slice of cheddar cheese as the nose and capers as the eyes.  Here is how they turned out...