{"id":2461,"date":"2013-03-12T11:05:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T16:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=2461"},"modified":"2013-03-12T11:05:51","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T16:05:51","slug":"opening-day-is-coming-prepare-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2013\/03\/12\/opening-day-is-coming-prepare-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Day Is Coming: Prepare Yourself!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"photo<\/a>We’ve got some World Baseball Classic games to keep us warm for now, but Opening Day is right around the corner. It’s staying lighter at night longer now, the weather is starting to warm a little, and baseball is less than three weeks away. It’s time to prepare yourself.<\/p>\n

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Catch up on television and clean out your DVRs. Once baseball arrives you’ll find a lot less time to watch those shows.<\/p>\n

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Get your fantasy drafts ready. If you’re planning on playing in one this year, now’s the time to start getting them settled so you have some\u00a0headway\u00a0to make trades and adjust your bench before\u00a0the\u00a0season starts.<\/p>\n

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Load up your fridge with beer (If you’re the drinking type\/age anyway). Even if I’m not at the game I like to have a beer to open the season, it just seems natural. Opening Day at the park is usually pretty chilly, which is one of the reasons I’ve been advocating a nice porter or stout<\/a> at Citi Field, maybe this year my wish will come true.<\/p>\n

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Remember your Twitter friends’ real names. If you’re like me you’re always running into fellow fans at Citi Field that you know on the internet. I always find it slightly awkward to introduce myself as Ceetar (but if I say Michael, how will you know who I am?), so sometimes it’s worth remember what people call themselves out there in that crazy real world.<\/p>\n

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What are some of the other things you like to get squared away for the start of the baseball season?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve got some World Baseball Classic games to keep us warm for now, but Opening Day is right around the corner. It’s staying lighter at night longer now, the weather is starting to warm a little, and baseball is less than three weeks away. It’s time to prepare yourself.   Catch up on television and … <\/p>\n

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