Play Ball!!

Baseball has finally started, and I could not be happier. I love baseball season. Sure, there have been all the scandals with steriods, the strike not too long ago, poor fundaments, yada yada yada. But the simple fact remains that I love baseball. I love watching it, playing it, thinking about it, talking about it.
Especially my Cubbies. Who are off to a great start as far as the record and offense are concerned. But once again Zambrano had a shaky opening day start. At least he didn't get tossed for telling the home plate ump he's blind.
Pierre is doing exactly what we need him to do, which is get on base. Triple and a couple bunts. Perfect. Sets the table for Walker/Hairston, then Lee and Ramirez. Murton is going to be a stud this year. He can hit and is just a good guy.
But there's still our pitching. Wood being hurt, expected. We knew when he had surgery this off-season that he wouldn't be ready for the start. But Prior going down with another suspicious injury is not good. Which leaves us with Zambrano and Maddux. Rusch is a great long-relief and spot-start guy. And the kids (Guzman, Hill, Marshall) are all going to be real good, but probably not right out of the gate. So we may be in trouble in April and May. But once Marshall and Hill get up and get a few starts, we should be solid. And that's about when Wood will be back up, which never hurts. And Wade Miller shortly there after. Prior is just an enigma. I'm not really banking on anything much from him before the break. And we'll be okay if that comes to fruition.
Speaking of playing baseball...our Framingham Sunday Morning league also got started on sunday. Just a few hours of BP and throwing around, but real good to be out there. Catch up with the regulars, take some cuts at live pitching, throw a baseball again. Even got a little sunburn on my neck.
Yes, this is a pretty plain entry, but screw it. Looonnng day at work and I'm tired and it's late. So you'll just have to wait until later to get some good baseball chatter. Like how Bonds' joints should explode sometime in May from all the juicing. Or how Julio Franco needs to wear his medic alert braclet during the games in case he falls and breaks his hip.
But for now, it's time to call it a day and put this mess behind me.
PEACE!!