The REAL Opening Day (To Me)

Opening Day's Lone Game
So it was deja vu all over again, the scene ever so reminiscent of last October's NLCS. Sunday's game wasn't so bad. Actually, it was a pretty good game for Opening Day/Night. But then again, I wouldn't expect anything less from Sunday Night Baseball. Redemption proved to be sweet for the Mets, who topped the Cards 6-1. Tom Glavine was nothing short of outstanding, and didn't even let Adam Kennedy's 3rd inning triple rattle his cage. Chris Carpenter looked alright, though his location was a bit off. Carpenter will have time to ponder his mistakes, as he will miss his next scheduled start with elbow inflammation.

Now, On To The Good Stuff...
The Red Sox lost on Opening Day, for about the third or fourth year in a row, to Gil Meche and the Royals. The Red Sox seem to always lose on Opening Day; that's really nothing new. Curt Schilling didn't even last 5 innings,which was quite surprising.

Zito, Oh Zito: IN 5 innings, Barry Zito gave up 4 hits, 3 runs (2 earned), and struck out and walked 2. Not as great as one who've thought for a Cy Young Award-winning pitcher, but it wasn't all his fault: His Giants gave him no defense or offense whatsoever. Only two runners got past 2nd base. But, as Giants 1st baseman Rich Aurilla put it, "Nice day, though."

Damn Yanks: Well, rumor has it I'm not a Yankees fan. In fact, I hate them what a passion. They did do something the BoSox failed to though...win. Yanks beat the Devil Rays 9-5, with Alex Rodriguez providing the go-ahead runs with his 465th career homer. Now you can say all you want about the Devil Rays, but they're a feisty little team, ha ha.

**Nothing else even matters at this point, and I'm extremely tired. I'll do better next time, promise!

Opening Day

So as I type this, there are seven hours, fifty-eight minutes, and thirty-one seconds until the official start of Opening Day. Can it really be called Opening Day though, since the kickoff game between the NY Mets and St. Louis Cardinals does not begin until 8 o'clock tonight? But, I digress. I have waited seven long, hard, dull, and boring months for this. I have suffered through the Red Sox failing to make the play-offs after a 2005 postseason that wasn't all that spectacular either. I have suffered through my beloved Tar Heels losing to Georgetown in the Elite Eight, our dreams of a Final Four berth crushed in those five excruciating overtime minutes. I watched Peyton Manning blow past the Pats on his way to an ever-so-elusive Super Bowl ring and MVP. I have suffered through economics exams, math lectures, and guest speakers on journalism. I have suffered through the most mediocre dining hall food ever, but guess what? All of that is null and void now, for the 2007 Major League Baseball season is here.

Things to Look For: When the ump signals for 2005 Cy Young Award winner Chris Carpenter to throw out the first pitch, don't expect everything to be handed to him. Emotions from last year's NLCS will still be running rampant, and both teams are going to give everything they have to win; the Cards will be trying to defend their World Series reign and the Mets will be trying to de-throne them, if only for a night. This is the only game on Opening Day, so I think a lot of viewers will be tuned in to ESPN2 when it airs. Ha, I know I will.