-Well everyone its good to be back writing on my sports blog for once. Its been a very long time since I've posted something. But now its time to get back down to business!
-The MLB 2010 season is underway! (It is now actually Week 2! not Week 1!). Anyways I won't have time to recap every single MLB game that went on the first two days. So here are the 5 games I chose to recap.
1. On Opening Night April 4th of the 2010 regular season the hated Rivals the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees squared off inside Fenway Park. What a great way to start the season and a heck of a game it was. Both starting pitchers Josh Beckett and C.C. Sabathia were knocked out early, and combined to go 10 innings while giving up 10 runs, ouch. Yankees catcher Jorge Posada hit the first home run of the 2010 regular season off of the "Pesky's" Pole in right field, which is estimated only 302 feet from home plate in the second inning. Following Posada's home run, former Detroit Tiger Center fielder Curtis Granderson (now the Yankee's starting centerfielder) stepped in to the box and followed Posada's homer with a homer into the right field bullpen. As for Boston there clutch performer of the game was second baseman Dustin Pedroia who hit a two run homer in the 7th inning. That officially put the stamp on the game as Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon closed it out in the 9th inning to give Boston the victory.
April 5th, 2010:
2. In the Cincinnati Reds home opener, the St. Louis Cardinals swamped the Reds 11-6. Cardinals first baseman and future Hall of Famer King Albert homered twice once in the 1st inning and once in the 7th inning. Seems as if the Reds were still on some Holliday vacation because clearly there heads weren't in the game. Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter pitched six solid innings, while only allowing two runs, and recording 3 strikeouts with no walks.
3. It was a brutal day for the Chicago Cubs and there fans as the Atlanta Braves demolished them in their home opener 16-2. This was the Cubs worst opening day loss since 1884 when they lost a game 15-3 to the New York Giants! And the New York Giants are now an NFL team!
All spotlights were on the Braves rookie right fielder Jason Heyward. The twenty year old rookie (yeah I said twenty years old), homered on his very first Major League at bat blasting a 93MPH fastball off of Cubs starter Carlos Zambrano in the first inning.
4. The Pittsburgh Pirates stunned the Dodgers on opening day 11-5. Pirates outfielder Garret Jones homered twice off of Dodgers starter Vicente Padlilla.
5. The reigning National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies sent the lowly Nationals a opening day welcome crushing them 11-1 in the Nats home opener. Phillies new third baseman Placido Polanco had 3 hits in 5 at bats and had a career high 6 RBI.
