Major league baseball is in full swing once again and, as happens nearly every year, fans are sure that their team will finish the year in the playoffs if not the World Series...with the possible exception of Cleveland, Detroit and Pittsburgh. Of course, half the teams lost their opening games. (Baltimore and Tampa Bay are yet to play.)
I was quite satisfied with the Red Sox come from behind 9-7 victory over the Yankees on Sunday night even though I turned the set off in the fifth inning when the Yanks were ahead 5-1.
I was even more pleased to see the Mets defeat the Marlins 7-1 on Monday afternoon. Especially since they were sans their regular first baseman, center fielder and shortstop. That David Wright hit a home run in the first inning was super sweet icing on the cake. Let's hope he has a more typical 30 home run year than last year's measly 10 HRs. The Mets have an amazing opening day record. (For example: they have now won 5 consecutive openers.) It's too bad they have to play the next 161...in the toughest division in baseball.
So, the long season is under way and it's still anybody's game.
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