Who's up for 90 wins? I am. Go Yanks!

Warm welcome for Alex.

Finally, real baseball! Go Yanks!

[2] Biggest applause of all. He's been there the longest...

GO YANKS!!!

Huzzah! The best day of the year! How's everyone doing?

Happy Opening Day.

Took Friday & today off. Spent the weekend cleaning, especially steam cleaning the carpets (dogs didn't always make it outside the past couple of winters, and given how cold the winters were, can't blame them.) Knew I was going to be exhausted this morning. And I get to watch opening day.

And yes, they are both shelter dogs.

Let's go Yan-kees!!!

i've got hot dogs, chips, and nacho cheese dip for the game! Also breaking out the Baseball Highlights 2045 game for some in game gaming!

God I missed baseball

Back with two NY treasures...Go Banter, Go Yankess!

A beautiful opening day, no snow. Hello to everyone!

In my Beavis voice: "Kay just said spackle"

unfortunately, i can't stick around. today is my last day of break and i have a TON of major things to take care of all afternoon, evening, and night. back to teaching tomorrow...

GO BANTER!!! GO YANKS!!!

12) LOL

[13] hey thelarmis! That's a bummer but thankfully there are 162 games!

Dammit, he may be a Pariah, but he's our Pariah. Nobody outside of NY better mess with our Alex.

Torre.

first pitch tips. Good to know.

Does our season hang by a thread ( the shredded thread of an elbow tendon)?

i'll take that strike!

Steeeerike one!

LOVE it!!!

First strikeout of the season

Baseball! Wooooooo!

good energy at the stadium today!

How great would it be if the Rays moved to Montreal?

effin pavano

Joey Bats recently wrote a good essay on education at Jeter's Player Tribune site.

i love baseball.

Sweet first inning.

striiiiiiikee!

200 more innings like that please.

If we can extrapolate that first inning to 162 games, "sigh" I can dream.

[32] Yes - and another 20 or so in the playoffs!

Nicely done.

[35] Hello Good Alex. I thought you didn't like "ly" adverbs?

Awww . . . I thought that was going out! Early in the season for us fans, too. :)

Aw nerts, there goes the no-no.

Phew

Yay! Baseball is back and Tanaka looking good!

[36] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB2Ff8H7oVo

Tom Lehrer "L-Y"

c'mon chase, wanna see alex this inning!

Which Yankee will get the first hit?

[43] A-rod of course!

i'll prolly miss it...

Happy Opening Day, y'all! Stuck at school but I finally found an online radion station.
Go Yankees!

nice play by gritner.

nice work gardy!

Crap

this inning sucks.

I suddenly regret finding the game on the radio.

Headly not having the best of games.

this is not what you want.

oh man. c'mon tanaka.

double crap

OK I'll say it. Kay jinxes Tanaka by exclaiming at top of this inning how he's been good in first two innings vs last year when his ERA was much higher in innings 1-2.

I blame A Rod.

Dammit!

Fuck Toronto.

Just keep saying, 161 more games.

Ugh.

grrrr

if alex doesn't tie it up with a 5-run homer leading off the inning, release him. ; )

[56] In homage to the great HBO Sinatra doc, I blame Eva Gardner.

huge ovation and good AB for Alex.

and of course, we take the player with those batting stats and we make him a starter.

We got 'em right where we want 'em...

there we go. one more Tanaka!

The ESPN announcers are great, except that their comments on Tanaka are giving me the shakes. "He won't throw the fastball" "he isn't throwing the fastball" "he's trying to throw anything other than the fastball" - any it isn't idle speculation, either - the data backs it up.

(56). Ava Gardner. Eva Gabor.

[68] What's the pitch distribution? Because they've been noting on YES that he has been throwing 90-93 consistently with his fastball. But I don't know how many have been thrown.

[69] Yup, thanks.

I can't believe the Yankees are being no hit.

There ya go!

nice!

[72] nice work!

[55][40] I blame myself.

A hit for A-Rod!

[70] I don't recall the exact numbers now, seamus, but I believe it was around only 30% fastballs when they brought it up.

Torre making me pine for the 90s

Gritner!

[78] Thanks Shaun.

yes! Gritner!

Gardy! Remember when he had no power and people wondered if he could stick to a big league roster?

These games happen.

horse shit.

Damn, missing the whole thing.
Although, maybe just as well. Ugh.

Not a [John] Sterling way to start the season.

David Price comes within an out of a complete game shutout.

Carpenter looks good

let's rally!

In his whole career, Jeter never did anything as dumb as Gregorious in his first Yankee game.

Nothing Glorious about that Didi.

There's a great way to introduce yourself to a new fanbase Didi.

The bullpen looks solid, so far, if nothing else.

I was listening to the early innings (I bought the MLB gameday so I can listen to the away announcers and avoid Sterling and Waldman). Tanaka was pitching well and things seemed good. I step away for a few hours and now it's all bad. SERENITY NOW!!!

At least Arod seems to be ok.

If the Big Stein were alive today, after he was done parking all the cars, he would fire Joe Girardi and hire the corpse of Billy Martin.

We'll win the next 161! Who's with me?

In a stunning development, the guy that walked everyone last year continues to walk everyone this year.

Born in 1994? Boy do I feel old now.

Nerts. Oh baseball is back.

I literally just turned on the tv to see the final pitch.

I guess I didn't miss much.

Everything ok with Tanaka?

(And all the same, Happy Opening Day, Team!)

(What'd Didi do?)