I was sitting in the Capital sports information office this afternoon with my boss Lenny, watching the start of the Indians season opener, when our softball coach walked in.
“It’s sunny? In Cleveland? In March?” she asked, dumbfounded.
“It’s always sunny in Cleveland,” Lenny responded.
Indeed it is. What’s more beautiful than a 10-8 victory in the opener over the White Sox? I mean, besides C.C. struggling and Victor pulling up lamer than Barbaro, that is?
(Too soon? Too soon?)
What a game. The Tribe hammered Mark Buehrle to the tune of seven runs in less than two innings. Then the bats were shut down by Nick Masset, the same Nick Masset who had a sparkling ERA of 7.09 last year, and it took a crazy end sequence to pull out the win.
Yup, just your ordinary, run-of-the-mill victory for the Tribe. It’s nice to see that the name change from Jacobs Field to Progressive Field hasn’t taken out any of the magic that the park has created since it’s inaugural season in 1994.
I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that baseball is back. I don’t know if I’ve fully recovered from the sting of the ALCS yet, but today certainly helped.
No, I’m not going to freak out about C.C. feeding up a pair of gopher balls to Jim Thome. No, I won’t stress over the offense’s inconsistency today, or the bullpen looking shaky. Nor will I lose sleep over the injury to the franchise catcher, and I won't whine too much that I knew like 30 people who went to the game while I was stuck in Columbus.
Nope, I’m just going to enjoy this win today. The Season of Dreams, Part Two, is off to a rousing start.
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JJ Stankevitz about 1 year ago
I echo your sentiments from the other side. While the Sox didn't win and I'm incredibly frustrated with the umpiring, I'm just going to enjoy the fact that our offense actually scored runs and that there were a few other good performances outside of the horrible ones by Buehrle and Dotel.
We'll get you guys Tuesday, though. At least, I hope we do, for my sanity.
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Michael Taylor about 1 year ago
Right on Scott. It's one of 162 games. You win some and lose some. We were just fortunate to have came out on top. The first week or so out of spring training always seems odd as the players adjust to getting into a routine again.
It wasn't pretty, and I agree with JJ, the umpires did miss at least one call, but these are the games we need to get. It was a close game and it was over a division rival.
Good stuff!
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Nino Colla about 1 year ago
I thought It Was Always Sunny in Philadelphia?
Haha, I hope someone got that. Great job Scott
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Nathaniel Stoltz about 1 year ago
Every win counts the same. If the Indians and Tigers are going to slug it out all year (I predict they will) they need to remember April counts as much as September, and sucking in April is just as bad as not performing down the stretch. Wins like this wind up meaning more than you would think five months from now.
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