Opening Night?

Okay what's with Opening Night? A lot of the Boston fans have been angry about having their team open up at night. And on Easter Sunday no less. This is going to be one of the few times I am going to agree with the Boston fans. Opening Day is about missing school or work on a sunny cool spring day. Having a beer and a hot dog and being outside when it is still light out.

We all know what is behind this..........T.V. ratings. Can anything be traditional in baseball anymore? They are playing my favorite team the World Champion Yankees their most hated rival and probably the best rivalry in sports. So yes it is about T.V. ratings.

On a side note my prediction for the game is the Red Sox will actually win this one, because it is April and the Red Sox usually win April games against the Yanks. Don't get too excited Red Sox fans the Sox won the first nine games against the Yanks last year. How did that work out?

NOMAH!

Well looks like the Red Sox were not getting enough publicity this off season so they decided to give Nomar Garciapara a one day contract and have him retire with the Red Sox.

I'm sorry isn't this the same player they leaked stories to the press about his contract negotiations? The same player they ran out of town in 2004? Now Larry, Theo and Nomah all had a love fest this week and pretended none of that happened. This is almost as bad as when they had Bill Buckner throw out the first pitch on Opening Day. Another guy they ran out of town.

The Red Sox organization could care less about Nomah, Bill Buckner or any other player they ran out of town. They only care about free publicity and making themselves look good. Oh by the way Nomah was far from innocent in this charade he is going to be an ESPN analyst this year and wanted to get some cheap publicity himself. I guess they both got what they wanted.

Behind Enemy Lines

Well it is the middle of February and for baseball fans that means that it is time for pitchers and catchers to report. It is especially a nice time for me, I am a huge baseball fan and not just any fan I am a Yankee fan living in Boston. Yes I am living "behind enemy lines." How did this happen?

Well I was born in the Bronx, NY, not far from Yankees Stadium. I lived in New York for most of my youth except for high school. Through the years I have had a lot of laughs at Red Sox fans expense and I have won a lot of bets from them. Year after year they would invent a new way to blow it. Bucky Dent, Bill Buckner, Aaron Boone. I could go on and on, but I do not have that much time to type.

They finally had their day in 2004 and it was at my team's expense. I took a lot of heat which was expected through all the mud I slung through the years. Then they won again in 2007. I was in bizarro world, everything was upside down. Down was up, up was down. What happened to my team? They always had the last laugh.

Well last year they won it all again for the 28th time. The MOST in any major sport. The Yankees are back on top and the Red Sox fans are moaning about their team again. Everything is finally okay in the baseball universe.