Opening! Day!
By Appropriately enough, the Mariners stick King Felix with the first of what is sure to be many no-decisions in a battle of deep, talented offenses. (A lot of critiques of Billy Beane are silly. What is a fair critique is that the three best position players he’s drafted since 1999 have so far been Nick Swisher, Andre Eithier, and Kurt Suzuki. Very unimpressive even before you consider that Eithier was parlayed into 115 games of Milton Bradley.)