The sound in my head that keeps playing over and over is the beginning to the song Foreplay (Long Time) by Boston because it feels like it has been forever with the build up coming into this season, but we are finally here. As Vin Scully once proclaimed on Opening Day, we have had all the fan fare all the fuss and feathers but it’s time, it’s time for The Dongers Club… Okay, so he said Dodger Baseball and not Dongers Club, but if you listen closely I think he just messed up obviously. None the less I don’t know if it was because of the lockout or because I went into a sad state of depression when Sean Payton retired in January but this has felt like the longest off-season I can remember. Sure, we are starting one week later than normal but what is one week really? I’ll answer that quickly for you. Because one week from now we will be running at 100 mph into the season and finally getting into scenarios where pitchers are going more than 75 pitches and batters are getting their timing down. For now though, this is extended Spring Training only the Pitchers cannot come back out after being pulled the previous inning and batters will likely be more patient at the plate instead of trying to get as many hacks in as they can like a guy who hasn’t played Golf in 8 months on the driving range before a big Tournament. (I am looking at you Bryce Harper). Today’s slate is kind of quiet. It got reduced by 2 games with weather issues but we still do not have site synchronicity as FanDuel has the Brewers-Cubs game while DraftKings has opted for the 4PM start time instead. It’s a long season, so let’s get this show on the road. [spacer height=”20px”] WEATHER All games which have not yet been PPD should play. The general summary in April as expected is cold but not too cold as we at least do not have any snow in the forecast this year. The wind will come into play in a few spots more than anything else. Brewers at Cubs (Wrigley) Wind is blowing out, but as I mentioned in the Manifesto …. oh wait, I didn’t publish that yet. Well, had I published it, you would have heard me talking about how Wrigley…...
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