Opening day eve

Well, we have arrived – almost. At the time of this post, we are 23 hours away from the “real” first pitch. Boston and Oakland have already played 2 regular season games but to be honest, they didn’t even feel like regular season games. They were played on a different continent for Pete’s sake! That may seem a little ridiculous to some – what can I say, that’s how I feel. Either way, tomorrow is opening day – I just bought some stuff cause I was so damn excited. Speaking of that, I just bought some very cool stuff a few days ago.
 

There is 1 game tomorrow. Atlanta will be Washington. I gotta tell ya, MLB sure does know how to GRADUALLY creep into the new season don’t they? I mean come on, you start the new season in Japan for two games, have those two teams come back state-side and play 3 more exhibition games. Then on opening night, you only have 1 game and 3 other games that are still in the exhibition mode? Please. Let’s get this thing on the road already. First of all, I think spring training is too long in the first place. Now, I understand that guys need to chip away at the rust caused from the off-season and coaches and management need time to evaluate all aspects of their team before the season starts. 5 weeks though! Is it me or does it seem like spring training gets longer every year? I am sure that Peoria and Lakeland and all the other cities that host spring camp are not complaining. I suppose I just needed to vent. One more day. Play ball!

In honor of opening day, I am going to give my predictions in a special opening day post tomorrow.