Opening Day Thoughts

Spring, and life begins again, and a new baseball season rides into town as my daughter gets ready to be born this summer. 

Having a daughter on the way puts things in perspective: the fact that the Giants have won two of the last three World Series means that I will TOTALLY be relaxed about the outcomes this year and can just enjoy the unfolding narratives.  That should last at least two weeks.

Here are my thoughts from Opening Day so far:

1) Clayton Kershaw is amazing.  I hate that he pitches for the Dodgers, but you can't have anything but respect for him.  He shut down the Giants on offense and won the game with a home run.  It was just his day. 

2) Matt Cain pitched well, the offense did their best--although would it kill Hunter Pence to develop some patience at the plate?--and it is a long season.  It was the bullpen that let the Giants down today.  It's going to be a fun rivalry this season.

3) These are not the same Dodgers owners whose attorney attributed some blame to Bryan Stow.  I need to remember that.

4) Jackie Bradley Jr, the Red Sox phenom, looks like he could be fun to watch!  Great discipline.  But he will need to show he can hit.  Drawing walks against CC Sabathia was impressive, but Daric Barton of the A's and Travis Ishikawa of the Giants drew a lot of walks, and that was never enough to really break through into the big time.

5)  Yankees are in trouble this year.  Also, it is strange to see Kevin Youkilis in a Yankees uniform. 

6) Bryce Harper hit two home runs.  Let's just give the World Series to the Nationals now and save us all a lot of time. 

Or, you know, let's not do that.