Baseball tries to keep up as kids play other games

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“But I don’t know if this is that last generation that still brings its kids to games, and if that next generation has zero interest in baseball. What I worry about is the issue of, how long can we sustain its popularity when kids aren’t getting out and playing at a young age anymore.”



As reminders of a winter cut from a Russian novel linger, two words come to mind to offer respite for our cold, aching hearts:

Play ball.

Baseball is back, this weekend’s snow be damned, and its return offers the annual sense of renewal.

Down in Cincinnati, families will line streets today for the traditional Findlay Market Parade preceding the opening-day game between the Reds and St. Louis Cardinals.

Here in Columbus, fans prepare to head to Huntington Park on Thursday night to see the Clippers begin another season as the AAA affiliate of the Cleveland Indians.

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