Happy Opening Day finally came. We beat the snow this winter, so today is extra special.
Had a conversation with a business colleague the other day and he is a diehard Baltimore Orioles fan. We vowed that 2012 would be like 1969 - though our optimism for both teams to get to the vaunted WS is not that high, it would be great.
Santana, coming off a wash of 2011 looked great. I didnt see the game in person (darn work!) but got a chance to see the encore performance on SNY. Very encouraging performance. We need these. Naturally the Mets are pros at winning Opening Day - something like 32 of the last 42.
Good to beat the Braves...let's continue to fight hard.
I see Andre Torres is down ---- Hey Eric Byrnes --- how about coming back?
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Thursday, April 05, 2012
Monday, April 02, 2007
What A Way To Begin!
After months of waiting and agonizing "WHEN WHEN WHEN" the baseball season would open, the wait stopped at the depot and we got some ball.
And, there were no disappointments.
Even though the Cards won the World Series, it's nice to beat them in their house on the same nights as they get their recognition.
It seems as if the Mets didn't skip a beat. DoubleGenerationOld Glavine's arm was spectacular. LoDuca's bat was good and naturally, Jose Reyes didn't fail the crowd.
There was one anxious potentially psychologically damaging moment - when Beltran was at the plate and the first two pitches sailed by for strikes. I was lamenting a deja vu'. I mean, who wants to repeat a called third strike without swinging. Fortunately it worked out. Can you imagine the first at bat of the year echoing his last at bat from last year. Forgiveness may not have been in option in that "ultra liberal" fan base of us Mets.
There was a lot of hustle and kudos to the catch that 40 year old Moises Alou made.
Interestingly, if you refer to the link above (click title of the blog topic), the Mets have the best EVER opening day win-loss percentage. Imagine if they had a contending team in the early years!
Well, it feels great to be back...let's talk a bit during the season.
And, there were no disappointments.
Even though the Cards won the World Series, it's nice to beat them in their house on the same nights as they get their recognition.
It seems as if the Mets didn't skip a beat. DoubleGenerationOld Glavine's arm was spectacular. LoDuca's bat was good and naturally, Jose Reyes didn't fail the crowd.
There was one anxious potentially psychologically damaging moment - when Beltran was at the plate and the first two pitches sailed by for strikes. I was lamenting a deja vu'. I mean, who wants to repeat a called third strike without swinging. Fortunately it worked out. Can you imagine the first at bat of the year echoing his last at bat from last year. Forgiveness may not have been in option in that "ultra liberal" fan base of us Mets.
There was a lot of hustle and kudos to the catch that 40 year old Moises Alou made.
Interestingly, if you refer to the link above (click title of the blog topic), the Mets have the best EVER opening day win-loss percentage. Imagine if they had a contending team in the early years!
Well, it feels great to be back...let's talk a bit during the season.
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