The Church of Baseball reopens today. Jason Middlebrook makes his long-delayed big-league debut tonight in Los Angeles. I’ll be worshipping in front of the television, cold beer in my left hand, scorebook in my right.

I won’t be covering the tragic events of last week here any longer; this is a place for baseball. However, I won’t forget what happened, either. The page honoring the victims and their families that has occupied this space these past several days will remain on this domain at geoffreynyoung.com/memorial for as long as the domain exists.

Play ball!