Welcome to April

And also, welcome to baseball. Everything is just better now. I mean, we had how much time between the end of college football and baseball? Too much is the answer. We have eluded a little bit for things to watch for, but before we get to that, let me address college basketball briefly before we get to baseball.

This is probably the most boring NCAA Basketball tournament of all time. The one's just ripped through everyone, other than Kansas, but no offense to the Jayhawk readers, it's about time for their annual choke/running out of gas. Memphis looks like an NBA team. I was doing something on Friday before I got home just before half time to the site of Memphis leading by 30. I mean, it was almost boring. I hope that these teams really are the real deal, because I can't stand to see another blow out.

Anyhow. The big stories yesterday as we kicked off the season, because the games in Japan don't count as the teams actually go back to Spring Training upon arrival in the states, really centered around the big acquisitions. We'll start with my first round fantasy pick Miguel Cabrera who hit the first home run of opening day. Cabrera who got a just absurd contract showed everyone that he is all business and ready to take on the task of being the man in Detroit. The only thing is, their lineup is so stacked that he's hitting fifth. Fantasy owners such as myself are loving that right about now.

Kosuke Fukudome certainly made his presence felt at his Wrigley opener going 3-3 with a big homer and 3 RBI. Now, certainly his 3 run jack kept the game alive, but his base running error really was the difference in the game. Welcome to America where we have arms in our outfield.

Johan Santana showed up for the Mets. He lit it up and looked like the Santana that we know and pretty much love unless he's pitching against us. Though Jake Peavy was the most impressive opening day pitcher, it's pretty nice to see Santana get it right and show up in a big way on the biggest stage. Now, I don't even know so I'm going to look it up right now. But who is starting for the Mets today? Oh, it's Pedro Martinez. Probably the two most dominant pitchers of the past 15 years are pitching on back to back days for the same team. If you recall, we are big Pedro fans here with his ability to adjust. Hopefully he can stay healthy for our sake. You want to see Pedro chucking against the Yankees.

Finally. I really expect this to be the year of the injury. Look at recent years and the big names that go down. Pretty much everyone big has spent time on the DL in the past 3 years. Everyone except A-Rod. I'm not wishing injury on anyone, but all of these guys go down and often times see major time on the DL. Look at the percentages...it's A-Rod's time. Pujols is flirting with disaster with the elbow and that thing could very well blow up in his face. The old pitchers are starting to really get into trouble. And what happens when the young guns get back into it? CC Sabathia has seemingly forgotten how to beat people. Usually a sign of major injury. I'm telling you, don't be surprised if some big timers go down for significant time this year. It's coming.