On baseball and the liturgical calendar

The Yankees pitchers and catchers report by this Friday. Spring is sprung!

Silly as it sounds, I started making connections between baseball and the Catholic liturgical calendar over the weekend.

• Spring training - when baseball elite try to shake out the cobwebs and get ready for the season (can be physically painful)
  Lent - when the faithful try to shake out the cobwebs and get ready for eternity (can be spiritually painful)
  
  
• Opening Day - lots of celebrating about what's to come
  Easter - lots of celebrating about what's to come
  
  
• Regular season - the day to day focus on what it's like to play baseball
  Ordinary Time - the day to day focus on what it's like to be a follower of Christ
  
  
• Post season - the excitement of the journey to the World Series
  Advent - the excitement of the journey to Christmas
  
  

While not a literary masterpiece, I think this says it all for me.