First off, hello for the first time this year!
Secondly, it's far too early for me to get very concerned about what has just happened here. Grady Sizemore, his semi-nude self, and the hapless bottom-dwelling Cleveland Indians just swiped a home opening series from us in less-than-cordial fashion, and I'm a bit bamboozled by all of this.
What I do know is that I'm a bit miffed that Ozzie has slated Mark Kotsay as the #5 hitter against righties. Kotsay should never bat any sooner than 7th in any order, at any time, on any performance enhancing drug ever made, ever. End of discussion. I think he's a really good player for his value, and I feel that Kotsay can be an excellent contributor on defense and offensively as well- just perhaps in the 8 or 9 hole.
Outside of that, there's not much to report. Buehrle was unbelievable in his opening day start, and there's not too much to say about it besides that. Paul Konerko has also started off very well for us this year. He's a charter member of the "Little Lebowski Urban Achievers" club, and very proud we are of him! It's going to suck to see him playing for the Angels next year...
On a side note, I'll be attending the opener versus the Twins tonight, so that's exciting. It's just good to have baseball back and around again, so I'm not getting too bogged down by the negative aspects that I've witnessed. I'm still very optimistic about this club.
Talk to me in June.
