baseball opening day

While most of us were sleeping the past couple of nights at 3 a.m., Major League Baseball opened its 2012 season on the other side of the world. Since Wednesday, two regular season games have been played in the Tokyo Series in Japan. In the season opener, the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 3 -1, and early this morning, The A's beat the Mariners 4 -1.

The 2011 baseball season is now officially underway.  And that got me to thinking about the many ways baseball has become a part of the culture, from movies to comedy routines.  So here are some of my favorite baseball things in video.