Thursday, March 28, 2019

Opening Day



Mike Trout, Max Scherzer, Mookie Betts, Chris Sale, Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, Noah Syndergaard, Ronald Acuña Jr., Francisco Lindor, Jacob de Grom, Aaron Nola, Kris Bryant, Aaron Judge, Christian Yelich, Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander, Jose Ramirez, Nolan Arenado, Joey Votto, Freddie Freeman, Andrelton Simmons, Giancarlo Stanton, Michael Conforto, Blake Snell, Buster Posey, Trevor Bauer, Jameson Taillon, Edwin Encarnacion, Miguel Cabrera, Edwin Diaz, Matt Chapman, Whit Merrifield, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Paul Goldschmidt, Eloy Jimenez, Jose Berrios, Jonathan Villar, Corey Seager, Gleyber Torres, Joey Gallo, Brian Anderson, Zack Greinke...

Box scores.

The Green Monster, the Jackie Robinson Rotunda,  the Judge’s Chambers, the King’s Court, the Rally Monkey, the Rockpile, McCovey Cove, Bernie Brewer, Mr. Met, the Phanatic, Dinger, Fredbird, Wally, play Sinatra, Fly the W, fly the Jolly Roger, the sausage race, the presidents’ race, the pierogi race, The Freeze, the Roberto Clemente Bridge, the pool, the fountains, the ivy, the train tracks, Fenway Franks, Cha-Cha Bowls, Dodger Dogs, Boog’s, walleye on a stick, bacon on a stick, Ben’s half-smoke...

Peanuts and Cracker Jack.

Tom Verducci, Will Leitch, Joe Posnanski, Jeff Passan, Rany Jazayerli, Emma Baccellieri, Ben Reiter, Mike Petriello, Jay Jaffe, Rob Mains, Joel Sherman, Pete Abraham, Ken Davidoff, Ken Rosenthal, Meg Rowley, David Schoenfield, Peter Gammons, Eno Sarris, Jayson Stark, Sheryl Ring, Nick Piecoro, Jamal Collier, Mark Simon, Jamey Newberg, Rob Neyer, Maury Brown, Marly Rivera, Sam Miller, David Laurila, Ben Lindbergh, Katie Sharp, Matthew Leach, Derrick Goold, Jessica Quiroli, Sarah Langs, Craig Calcaterra, Travis Sawchik, Dayn Perry, Meghan Montemurro, Ben Badler, Jim Callis, John Sickels, Scott Miller, Matt Snyder, Bill James...

Baseball-Reference.com.

Len Kasper, Boog Sciambi, Jason Benetti, Jon Miller, Bob Uecker, Kruk and Kuip, Marty Brennaman, David Cone, Dan Shulman, Todd Kalas, Jerry Remy, Joe Davis, Don Orsillo, Brian Anderson, Mike Ferrin, Dave O’Brien, Chip Caray, Dave Flemming, Mike Shannon, Denny Matthews, John Sterling, Eric Nadel, Chris Welsh, Matt Vasgersian, Joe Buck...

Gary, Ron, and Keith.

The trade deadline, the rumor mill, the standings, the live scoreboard, 91-mph sliders, 64-mph curves, Quick Pitch, batting practice, getaway day games, makeup doubleheaders, #weirdbaseball, getting to the park early, staying to the final out, sneaking into better seats, MLB At Bat, the Subway Series, the Freeway Series, the Crosstown Cup, the Vedder Cup, cup checks, shirseys, snapbacks, going home with a foul ball, going home with a story of how you gave your foul ball to a kid, sunburn, keeping a scorecard, dot races, Centerfield, YMCA, Sweet Caroline, Thank God I’m a Country Boy, California Love, Thunderstruck, Go Cubs Go, Seven Nat...nope...

Take Me Out to the Ball Game.

Opening Day.

Let’s. Go.