Sean B. Fitzgerald It doesn’t go something like this, it goes exactly like this.

2009 Opening Day: A Retrospective

I am not going to go through every game because lets face it, every game is not interesting, even on Opening Day.

Orioles 10, Yankees 5
I'm not frustrated that CC Sabathia pitched like Kei Igawa yesterday. I'm not frustrated that Mark Teixeira hit (or didn't hit) yesterday. I'm not even frustrated that the bullpen pitched like the overrated bunch that they are. It's the first game of the season and I understand that the new guys and the young players are going to press early on. What frustrates me is that this is so typical of the Yankees. They love to drive fans like myself, out of their minds. Now, even though they are unreasonable concerns, I have to worry about whether Sabathia and Teixeira will feel comfortable in pinstripes. Or whether the bullpen will get their act together. There are 161 games left in the 2009 season, New York just wants to make sure I worry about every, single, one. By the way, Adam Jones looked really good. Like scary good.

Mets 2, Reds 1
Dusts off hands. That should do it. The bullpen is fixed, World Series here they come. Although I do believe this may be the year for the Mets, they still will need to address their thin pitching staff. Based on yesterday's performance, it is clear that Johan will have little to no troubles this season. It's the rest of the rotation that has me worried. Oliver Perez is literally a hit or miss pitcher. Meaning he misses bats or he gets hit, hard. The jury is still out on Mike Pelfrey and John Maine had a terrible spring. Finally, the "innings eater" Liven Hernandez looks like he eats more than innings. If the Mets are to win world series number three, look for them to go after another starting pitcher at the trade deadline.

Tampa Bay at Boston and Kansas City at Chicago
No games. One more painful day of waiting for their respective fans. Games will be played today.

2009 NCAA Championship
In case you missed it, which you probably did because it wasn't worth watching, North Carolina made a hand puppet of Michigan St. and won the 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. Now I get to hear it from all those UNC fans in New York. Why are there fans on UNC in NY? Only God knows. I guess they like the uniforms or the winning. Even if you're not a Tar Heel fan, there is still a silver lining. Our President picked North Carolina to win the tournament. I realized this when ESPN told me 400 times before the commercial break. So now we know he can make the tough decisions. There just has to be a bracket and Andy Katz involved.