If you enjoy baseball or love the Boston Red Sox, then this is the best day of the year: Opening Day. The 2011 Major League Baseball season officially got underway Thursday with six games being played and aside from a New York Yankees' win, it was good to have baseball back. So what makes this day so special? Why do we love having baseball, and more importantly, the Red Sox in our lives for seven months out of the year? My answer comes from a movie you may have seen: Fever Pitch. Jimmy Fallon's character, Ben Wrightman, in the 2005 Boston-based film brilliantly described what makes the game …

It has been said many times before this, but must be said again: "Baseball is a religion."  The Church of Baseball is one overflowing with history and tradition – abundant in rituals and faith. In New England, baseball is an obsession and the Boston Red Sox a great Nation.  In my 25 years of breathing, I have learned what it means to be a Sox fan. I have learned the scriptures of Boston baseball: "You've Gotta Believe!"; "Keep The Faith"; "Reverse the Curse" and "Yankees Suck." I believe Fenway Park is the sanctuary of Boston and that 25 players each spring through fall enrapture not only a…