Why Opening Day Should be a National Holiday

Opening day is by far the most exciting day in sports.  Every team has dreams and aspirations of playing in October, the smell of hot dogs and cheap beer are back in the air and-- maybe the best part-- summer is finally here!  So why isn't baseball's opening day a national holiday?  Isn't this glorious game America's past-time?  Don't we NEED this?  Something must be done. Unfortunately, opening day is often missed by many people.  Even though this is the most important day of the year, work still calls.  Schools still are in attendance.  Let's be perfectly honest: nobody is happy at either places.  People are day dreaming of being in their Lazy Boys watching the game with a cold one.  They are day dreaming of sitting in the bleachers at Wrigley, cheering as the Cubs beat the Brewers.  No.  They are at work.   With the invention of online media streaming, is anybody really getting anything done at work anyway?  You know that behind the Word's and Excel's of the office place, ... [link]