What We Learned During Baseball’s Opening Day
With the exception of the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers, Opening Day is coming to a close. Being able to enjoy MLB.tv for the first time, I thoroughly watched nine hours of baseball today. But being the major seamhead that I am, I enjoyed every second of action in today’s ballgames. Now, let’s discuss the things we should have learned from today’s games.
Atlanta Braves 0 New York Mets 1
Johan Santana looked good on the mound today for the Mets. As I wrote earlier today, I was curious about Santana’s velocity and change-up. Obviously, his fastball velocity isn’t where it once was, but it still works when he has command of his change-up.
Philadelphia Phillies 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 0
Outside of Roy Halladay being the best in the world, not a lot of interesting things in this game. One thing I noticed is how weak the Phillies’ line-up is without Howard and Utley. They will need their pitching more than ever to win the National League East again.
Boston Red Sox 2 Detroit Tigers 3
First off, I’m thankful Jose Valverde blew a save already. It’s impossible to like that guy, especially when fans/writers overrate him because he didn’t blow a save last season.
Now to the Red Sox, I’ve said it all winter and I’ll say it again, the Red Sox are going to finish the season under .500. Their bullpen was atrocious before the Andrew Bailey injury, so their hole is even deeper now that he is gone until the All-Star break. And it’s not like their offense or starting pitching is in the upper tier of the American League. I just do not get the Red Sox love at all.
Washington Nationals 2 Chicago Cubs 1
The wind completely ruined this game. The score should have been 3-2 after the first inning, but because of the wind we had a soccer score for eight innings. Ryan Dempster was dominating the Nationals, allowing two bogus Ian Desmond singles before he was pulled in favor of Kerry Wood. The Nationals mounted a 2-out rally that scraped across a run on a bases-loaded walk from Jayson Werth. Then, in the 9th, Ian Desmond got his third hit, driving in the game-winning run. Oh yea, I almost forgot about that Strasburg guy. He’s ok.
Cincinnati Reds 4 Miami Marlins 0
I couldn’t watch a second of this game because for some reason Reds’ games are blacked out in South Bend, Indiana. But anytime Ozzie Guillen loses this year, I am a happy pappy.
Toronto Blue Jays 7 Cleveland Indians 4
It’s finally over! The longest Opening Day game is in the books, and the Toronto Blue Jays were victorious after 16 innings of nonsense. There are two things I learned (well not learned, but rather confirmed) from this game. Chris Perez is garbage and the Toronto Blue Jays’ bullpen is lights out. After Ricky Romero struggled, the Jays’ pen threw 11 shutout innings, allowing only four hits in the process.
There you have it, folks. What we should have learned from Opening Day 2012. I’ll be breaking down Opening Day Part Deux tomorrow, so be sure to stop on by.
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