I don't believe Bryce Harper will be "allowed" to hit his first home run as a Phillie today, but will have to "wait" until the ESPN game on Sunday

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

 

April 3 is on my calendar. Scherzer vs. Harper at Nationals Park, 1:05pm.

Harp wasn't bringing a title here by himself, and signing him pretty much would've required that he did, given the payroll implications. I'm pretty confident we'll reach the same level of October disappointment without him in our lineup.

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The devil made me do it the first time, second time I done it on my own - W

Except the A's are starting opening day at 0 - 2.

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I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.

As a Blue Jays fan, I have a feeling that their opening day 0-0 record will be the best they see all year...

Should be a national holiday.

Taking my three boys out of school to see the 2-0 Mariners beat down the Red Sox.

We have to wait until April 5th here in Rockies territory, but looking forward to a good season. I'm still a Mariners fan at heart and try to catch a TV game or two.

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The secret of a long life is you try not to shorten it.
-Nobody

First pitch in about 25 minutes here in San Diego.

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War is god

https://sports.theonion.com/...-baseball-1819576307[/url]

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War is god

Sale was dealing in his last spring training start on Sunday, just painting corners and owning the strike zone. He’ll be fired up where he just signed an extension and has talked about wanting to be part of a contender for the long haul rather than getting his WS ring, checking that off his list and cashing in. I just hope he stays healthy where they’ve tried to better manage his workload given past injuries.

I’m curious to see how their “no closer” approach works out where Kimbrel is gone (still unsigned). Other than him and Joe Kelly, last years lineup is intact.

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"You can never win or lose if you don't run the race." - Richard Butler

 


And the M's 2-0.

Man I am ready!

We will see how the Cubs do this year but I'm hopeful. Busted out my beat to hell 15 year + Cubs 1914 hat the other day...that alone felt great.

Cutting out of work a bit early to listen to the remainder of the opener against the Texans (0-0 B1) today.

Bumgarner gave up two runs in seven innings and gets the loss.

Have already received my first email from a friend who is a Yankee fan that my Orioles have already started their nosedive for the season.

I figure I may actually see a lot more games this year in person since people will be selling their season tickets on stubhub for cheap from mid April on.

Cubs win!

I predict many more of that headline.

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Take a short break from ST and read my blog:
http://tri-banter.blogspot.com/

You sir, are smoking some serious shit....please pass the doobie. But, have fun!

I love opening day. It should be a national holiday.

GO SOX!!!!

Whatever he's smoking is working where they touched Sale up in the 3rd and have a 7-3 lead. Sox
Iineup is so deep though and can't be counted out.

How about Lorenzo Cain pulling a HR back to end the game in Milwaukee??? That was sick!

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"You can never win or lose if you don't run the race." - Richard Butler

I know. I'm counting on the fact that the Sox lost a heart breaker on opening day last year. Sooooooooo this must be a GREAT sign of things to come!!! Right? Right!??!!

Nobody does opening day like Cincinnati. It truly is a holiday here. 150 year anniversary of the first professional team.

Reds win, wire to wire baby!

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I miss YaHey

Great day! Great game!

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If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers

Emery's Third Coast Triathlon | Tri Wisconsin Triathlon Team | Push Endurance | GLWR

I'm already tired of baseball.

Mariners 3-0.

Chase Chris Sale after 3 innings, 7 runs and 3 home runs.

This M’s team looks like they are having fun.

I'm already tired of baseball
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We get this same feeling about football, starting in August.

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Take a short break from ST and read my blog:
http://tri-banter.blogspot.com/

It used to be that baseball's oldest team always played the first game of the season.
At least we started our 150th season with a victory. I hope we have a good season. I'd like to see Johnny Votto in the World Series

Yes sir!

I once again put the only Cubs W flag up in Moscow, Idaho yesterday. She's blowing in the wind proudly this morning.

Do you live in Florida? Between the Devil Rays and Marlins, MLB sure has a tough time connecting with fans there.

"In an effort to make Rays games look less depressing, the team reduced the capacity this season to 25,025. And they still struggled to sell that out on Opening Day. The result was the saddest Game 1 crowd we'll see this season."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/the-tampa-bay-rays-had-the-saddest-opening-day-sellout/ar-BBVm6Bg

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"Human existence is based upon two pillars: Compassion and knowledge. Compassion without knowledge is ineffective; Knowledge without compassion is inhuman." Victor Weisskopf.

I've never been to a game there but know people who have that say it is an awful facility. The tough part is for the past 10 years going back to the Joe Maddon era they have generally been a fun team to watch and have a way of developing good young talent that ultimately leave for greener pastures. Frustrating for their fan base but also hard to say if a new stadium would (literally) change the teams fortunes where the Marlins still can't draw well since moving to their new ballpark a few years back.

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"You can never win or lose if you don't run the race." - Richard Butler

Just like 1990!

They should just move to their spring training park across town. It's a great venue, and seats just over 7000. Which, for TB, sounds about right.