I love baseball; I try to explain it and usually fall short. Maybe I was influenced by George Carlin's routine--routine--after all, baseball is pastoral and the goal in baseball is just to go home and be safe.
Baseball is strategy and statistics plus heart.
On Opening Day, all slates are wiped clean; hope springs eternal.
I know intellectually that the Mets don't have much of a chance this year. Although they have settled their Madoff-related claims, financial difficulties overshadow the team.
On the field, the Mets have first and second basemen recovering from injuries with the second baseman learning a new position.There are more questions. Can Tejada replace Reyes? Do the Mets have a competent center fielder? Has pitching ace Johan Santana recovered from his surgery?
The questions remain, but tonight the Mets are perfect--1-0. Santana pitched well, despite one bad inning but he powered through it. David Wright--the longest tenured player--scored the sole RBI.
The Mets franchise record on opening day is 33-18; that's the best in major league baseball.
Hope springs eternal--let's go Mets!
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