Did you Expect Anything Else

Tiger Woods is 5 shots behind the leader Chad Campbell after one round of the Masters. If anyone really expected anything else after an injury, they are crazy. I know Tiger really turns it on in the later rounds, but I don't think that he will be able to turn it on after such a respite for the very special golfer. His knee just won't allow him to complete such a feat. The fact that over 60 percent of the world thinks that he can and will win this tournment is bonkers. He is human if you did not know that. Hey but who knows, he's surprised us with greater odds before.

It is April 9th, not September 15th

Okay, everyone has played at least two games in the seaon. Everyone has seen their number one and two pitchers, has seen what they bring to the table this year. But as always, the Yankee fans need to shut their mouths. Every Yankee fan I know is whining and groaning how C.C. and Wang "sucked" and how $100 million is going right down the drain. Guuuuuyyyys! It is the fifth official day of Major League Baseball. No one can make any assessments on any team or any player until late May or early June. Don't complain how your team is 0-2 or 1-2, this is not football, there are another 160 games left in the season. When the season starts winding down in late July and August, then you can start complaining, or bragging, unless your favorite team is the Mets.

Not Again ya freakin Mets

If you are a Met fan, and have not yet suffered a heart attack, God bless you. If you just watched the game that ended a couple of minutes ago, it probably had you saying, "No, no, no!" It's deja vu all over again for the Amazins. Frankie Rodriguez was solid on Opening Day, but the whole reason that Omar Minaya signed him was to avoid situations like that. Understandbly, that is going to happen maybe a couple of times a year, but when it is on the second game of the season, it has Mets fans far and wide fearing for their lives. Okay, half of that situation was Carlos Delgado's fault for not staying on the bag for another millisecond, but if K-Rod thinks he can throw a breaking ball on 2-1 with the bases loaded, he is out of his mind. He has no idea what this team has been trough, and Danny Warthen better give him a stern talking to tommorrow to make sure he slams the door consistently for the blue and orange. If he doesn't, all I can say is, "Is Armando signed by anyone?"

Boooooring!

Both college basketball tournaments this year were the most exciting tournaments that fans have seen in a long time. Arizona, a 12 seed got all the way to the Sweet Sixteen, number one seed Tennessee Lady Vols were upset by 16 seed Ball State, seven teams from the Big East made the mens tournament, and Oklahoma superstars put their scholarships on the line. Even Sister Wendy could not make these tournaments seem uninteresting. But the womens final last night concluded the most boring set of final games. Undefeated UConn beat Louisville by 22 and the night before, Tyler Hansbrough and his Tarheels pounded on the home team Michigan State, tacking on nearly 90 points and winning by 17. Plus, everyone was rooting for the Spartans and the city of Detroit. North Carolina's beatdown told everyone in Michigan that you better book your tickets for the Red Wings. UConn's thrashing victory gave the people in New England their "perfect season". But what are you gonna do? I could not ask for more than the nail biting excitement that went down this year. I had to watch each game standing up.

Damned Yankees

I went to school today like most Mets fans, ecstatic and enthusiastic. I left baseball practice and came into an empty house and saw the papers on the table and picked up the New York Post see Johan Santana or Danny Murphy dwarfing the Yankees headlines on the back page. What I found instead horrified me. Alright horrified is a bit extreme even for me, but it still upset me. Even though the Mets won their Opening Day game, and the Yankees lost, the Post still put C.C. Sabathia on the cover. Okay sure, I know Yankee fans are more than upset that such an investment as C.C. got rocked in his first game as a Yankee, but give me a break. The Mets got a save for goodness sake; something that became a bit of an issue last year. Put Frankie Rodriguez on the cover with something like, "Finally", or "Save Some for Later". Whoever is in charge of back page headlines, take your Yankee jersey off and get a little respect for the boys from Flushing.

Opening Day Baby Whoooooo!

Take it in baby, take it all in. Yesterday was Opening Day and the beginning of the rest of summer. This is the part of the year that matters, the half of the year where baseball hermits come out of their shells and come out to the ballpark. Where fathers and sons converge on the front lawn to have a catch, where little leaguers put on their uniforms six hours early, just because they like the look, where wooden bats echo through our ears. Even as a Met fan, I had to watch my two least favorite teams play on Opening Night, and I loved it. I could have turned the picture off and just listened to Jon Miller's voice announcing the game, the iconic voice of baseball. When I got home from school yesterday, I immediately turned on the Met game. It might not have been the best baseball weather, but I could still smell the Cincinatti grass and could taste the hot dogs being sold. A 2-1 victory for the Mets was pine tar on my cap; it was a game that they would not have won last year. Johan Santana got into trouble in the sixth, and they took him out, understandbly. But just going through the motions was excitement enough for me. My eyes were glued, and they will be glued for the rest of the season..... Baaaaatter Up!