After what seems like a long, torturous wait, Opening Day is finally here! It’s funny – when you get down to brass tacks, the wait is only four months. Compare that to a seven-month wait for the NFL to begin (in a normal year, anyway) and six months for the NBA to restart its season. The wait for Opening Day really is one of the shortest in sports, but for one reason or another, it always feels like an eternity. I think this year had a lot to do with the Angels getting bumped from the playoffs and Texas (the freaking RANGERS!) winning the AL Pennant. Watching a division rival go deep into the playoffs while your favorite team sits at home will make anybody twitch in their seat in anticipation of the next season.
The pundits, it seems, are pretty much set on the normal favorites winning it all. The Sox, the Yanks, and the Phils are all top picks this year, which is the status quo as of late. But as last year taught us, stat sheets and roster analytics can only take us so far in making postseason predictions so early. I’m hoping for another unlikely pairing in the Fall Classic this year if the Halos aren’t involved.
Here’s to a hell of a season.
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