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What a dreary, dreay day!  Opening Day 2006 at CBP.

So… not the way I imagined Opening Day 2006 going, but oh well… that’s life.  So this is my post of the 2006 season.  I needed to take a break away over the offseason, I just couldn’t blog.  I was so upset that the Phillies missed the playoffs by one game it was just too much to bear.  So I needed to back up and get my head right again.  Okay, so I’m back.

Reflections on yesterday’s game. 

St Louis

is easily the best offensive team in MLB, they have Rolen back and if their pitching holds up, it’s their World Series to lose.  Of course I do think the Phillies will surprise people and offensively do well this year.  It’s all about the pitching.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:  PITCHING wins (or loses) games.

Lieber should NOT have been the opening say starting.  I don’t give a **** about seniority.  He had the worst ERA coming out of spring training of all starting pitchers, and I just strongly believe the guy who had the best spring (and in essence is the “hottest”) should get the honor of pitching opening day. I just think Lieber might be at the end of his career at this point. I hope I’m wrong, but again, I have this “feeling”.

TO THE BASEBALL FANS OF

PHILADELPHIA

:

STOP BOOING!  Seriously, this is stupid.  I’m not objecting to booing people who deserve it (i.e. whipping boy David Bell), but why boo Mike Lieberthal before his first at bat of the season??  Just purely idiotic.  Mike is the longest tenured pro athlete in

Philadelphia

sports history and he got TWO hits yesterday.  If fans don’t like his contact, boo management, NOT him.

Also, stop booing Scott Rolen.  Yes, the man exited philly the worst way he could have, but it was 3 years ago… TIME TO MOVE ON.  It really is silly and childish. 

Offence looked good yesterday.  I think the Phillies will end up having quite a few 13 run games of their own.  The offence just seems to be running on “all cylinders” and that’s nice to see.

My deserving Phillie of the game is:  Jimmy Rollins

37 games!  The streak lives on!