Yay for opening day! I couldn’t tune in until the 4th inning, but it was still 0-0 at that point and there were plenty more Felix strikeouts to come. Look at that beautiful line:

8 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 12 K

When was the last time a Mariners pitcher had a game like that! I know, I know, it’s the first game and things are bound to balance out (a slight correction is inevitable after a day where Gil Meche dominates Red Sox hitting). But I love the first day back of listening to Dave and Rick, and a win to boot!

…and Bobby Crosby is my favorite Oakland Athletic…

I was thinking, I’ve been paying some attention to the NCAA basketball tournament (although there’s been a severe lack of exciting underdog wins this year) and was planning on watching the championship game this evening after the M’s game, but after a fresh dose of baseball-that-counts, basketball once again seems so boring. Yes, I know it goes against common opinion to say baseball is exciting and basketball is boring, but hear me out: In baseball, the pace is slow, but every play is so important to the game and, therefore, I’m on the edge of my seat for every methodical action. In basketball, yes the pace is quick, but you know it’ll likely be tied sometime in the last five minutes of the game and when it really comes down to it that’s the only part of the game that holds much importance. And if it’s not tied in the last 5 minutes then it’s a bad game.

So here I am, writing about how much I love baseball and waiting for the clock to run down to the final minutes in the NCAA basketball championship game before I give it any more attention.

Yay for baseball! Meghan and I will be at the game tomorrow, maybe Felix left some of his magic on the mound for Jarrod…

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