Opening Day

Well, for 28 teams in the MLB at least, it is OPENING DAY!

Last night, the oldest rivalry in baseball, the defending World Champs New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, opened the 99th season at Fenway Park, the first opener played at night. The Yankees opened up a quick 5-1 lead before the Red Sox stormed back to win the opener 9-7.

Today in Washington DC, President Obama trotted out to the mound to throw the traditional presidential first pitch on Opening Day. Though he wore a bright red Nationals jacket, Obama still had that ubiquitous White Sox hat. The pitch was apparently high and wide.

Down in Arlington, Texas, the Toronto Blue Jays just wrapped up their season opener against the Texas Rangers. Our big hitters produced just like we expected they would. Wells hit a two run bomb in the 1st inning. Lind followed it up with another homer in the 3rd and Wells drove in the go ahead in the 8th with the bases loaded. It's also worthy of noting that Shaun Marcum took a no hitter into the 7th inning before Vladimir Guerrero singled and Nelson Cruz homered. HOWEVER, our newly appointed closer Jason Frasor could not hold the line in the 9th, squandering a 4-3 lead, giving up 4 straight hits. It was obviously not how the team wanted to start the season, but there were a lot of positives out of this game.

Can't wait to see Rich Harden on Wednesday.

-D