REDS DROP OPENER TO THE CARDS 6-2. AARON HARANG GAVE UP 5 RUNS IN THE 2ND AND THE REDS COULD NEVER CATCH UP FROM THERE. HARANG WENT 3 INNINGS GIVING UP 5 RUNS WITH 6 STRIKEOUTS. ADAM WAINWRIGHT WAS THE WINNING PITCHER, GOING 7 GIVING UP JUST 2 RUNS. RYAN FRANKLIN GOT THE LAST 2 OUTS FOR HIS 1ST SAVE.

WELL MY CAREER AS A GM DID NOT GO AS PLANNED AS THE CARDS BEAT US 6-2 IN OUR HOME OPENER. I WAS AMAZED HOWEVER AT HOW THIS CITY GETS BEHIND THEIR TEAM. CINCINNATI HAD ITS ANNUAL PARADE ON OPENING DAY. KIDS WERE OUT OF SCHOOL AND THE PARADE PATHS WERE PACKED. TO0 BAD WE COULD NOT HAVE GIVEN THEM A WIN.

I AM STILL WORRIED ABOUT AARON HARANG, YES HE SHOULD EAT UP SOME INNINGS BUT FOR 2 YEARS HE HAS A 12-31 RECORD WITH AN ERA IN THE MID 4'S. HE JUST GIVES UP TO MANY HR FOR OUR BALL PARK....

ROY HALLADAY’S 1ST START AS A MEMBER OF THE PHILLIES COULD NOT HAVE WENT BETTER. HALLADAY PITCHED A COMPLETE GAME SHUTOUT GIVING UP JUST 5 HITS WHILE STRIKING OUT 3 IN THE PHILLIES 7-0 WIN. HALLIDAY CAME OVER TO THE PHILLIES OVER THE WINTER IN A BIG 3-WAY TRADE THAT SAW THE PHILLIES TRADE AWAY CLIFF LEE. HALLADAY IS CONSIDERED BY MANY AS THE BEST PITCHER IN BASEBALL...

THE BOSTON REDSOX HOME OPENER SENT FANS HOME VERY HAPPY WITH A 9-4 WIN OVER THE YANKEES. THE SOX KNOCK C.C.SABATHIA OUT IN THE 5TH AS HE GOES 4 INNINGS AND GAVE UP 6 RUNS. DUSTON PEDROIA’S 3-RUN HOMER IN THE 4TH WAS THE BIG BLOW. JOHN LESTER GOT THE WIN GOING 7 INNINGS AND GAVE UP 4. ALEX RODRIGUEZ HOMERED FOR THE YANKEES.

ATLANTA OOUTFIELDER JASON HEYWARD TOPS THIS YEARS BASEBALL AMERICA LIST OF THE TOP 100 PROSPECT. HEYWARD, A 20YR OLD WHO WENT FROM A TO AAA LAST YEAR WITH THE BRAVES. HE HAS WON THE RF JOB OUT OF SPRING TRAINING AND IS THE FRONT RUNNER FOR NL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.

ALSO ON THE LIST IS #1 DRAFT PICK IN 2009, SP STEPHEN STRASBURG OF THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS....