“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was Baseball.”
That’s from the BJM translation of the Bible. The presence of the greatest sport in the known universe in this version of St John’s gospel is just one example of the translator’s poetic genius, though scholars argue that word translated as “baseball” could be the result of a misprint in the original manuscript or possibly the result of someone with a C minus-understanding of ancient Greek. It’s hard to say.
What’s easy to say is, OPENING DAY!
Opening Day is up there with Christmas, Easter, and my wedding anniversary. Please don’t ask me to rank them.
Predictions:
The Padres, NYY, NYM, Astros, Dodgers, Braves, Phillies will be hard teams to beat. The Rockies, Athletics, Cubs, Nationals, Reds, Tigers, and Royals will struggle to get to .500
The Cardinals will be the best team in the NL central and slink into the postseason by a few games or by wild card. The Cards need to sign a legit ace if they want to send shivers down postseason spines. Nootbaar, Arenado, and Goldy will be studs.
Judge, Ohtani, Trout are MVP candidates in the AL. Arenado and Goldy are MVP candidates in the NL, but they have stiff competition in Soto, Lindor, Turner, and Machado. Cy Young: AL, Cole or deGrom; NL, Verlander or Burnes…maybe Wheeler. Rookie of the Year: AL, Henderson; NL, Carrol or Walker.
But most importantly: GO CARDINALS!
