Today was a great day. Not only did the baseball season burst forth in all it's glory, but the Rangers also won, punishing Cy Young Award Winner Cliff Lee and the Indians 9-1. There was also plenty to talk about all over baseball:
**Hank Blalock homered for the Rangers in the Rangers' home opener. Again. This marks the 5th time that Blalock has gone deep in home openers (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009).
**Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered off of Cleveland pitcher Jensen Lewis for his first homerun since June 3, 2008. The pitcher he took deep on June 3rd? Jensen Lewis. (link)
**Ken Griffey Jr. homered in his first game back with the Seattle Mariners, tying Frank Robinson for the most homeruns on Opening Day with 8. (link)
**Two Arizona Diamondbacks, Felipe Lopez and Tony Clark, homered from both sides of the plate, marking the first time two teammates had ever done it on Opening Day and the first time in the regular season since Jorge Posada and Bernie Williams did it on April 23, 2000. (link)
**Florida's leadoff man Emilio Bonifacio hit an inside-the-park homerun, the first ever inside-the-park homerun hit on Opening Day. (link)
**Mark Teixeira's Yankee debut was met with boos from hostile Orioles fans, apparently bitter that the hometown boy rejected the O's to sign with the Yankees for more dough. (link)
**Blue Jays fans threw items onto the field at the Detroit Tigers, prompting the umpires to delay the Jays' home opener at Rogers Centre. (link)
**Two games were postponed because of snow. Again. When will MLB understand that they should not schedule any Opening Day games up North?
Isn't it great? Baseball is back!
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