The Second Best Two Words in Sports
Opening Day. If “Game Seven” are the two best words in sports, “Opening Day” is easily number two. Baseball, your summertime sports companion is back in near full force, as all MLB member teams were scheduled to open on the same date in 50 or so years. Unfortunately rain in Detroit and Cincinnati prevented that from occurring but 26 teams that played were welcomed back by fans from Miami to Seattle. Where should we start our day 1 recap? How about with Ian Happ, as the Cubs switch-hitting second year player was making his first career Opening Day start, leading off in the season’s first game. He wasted no time sending a belt high fastball into the right field stands in Marlins Park, giving the Cubs a 1-0 lead. A helluva way to start but in his final four at-bats the youngster did strikeout three times and popped out weakly to third base. It was still obviously a heck of a way to enter the season with a bang but some anticipated growing pains were also obvious. Jo