I waited all winter for this???

Greetings all ye Yankee fans!

First off, I decided against posting during the off-season. I get so into the Yanks that I really need to take a break during the winter to re-group and live this thing that sometimes closely resembles a life.

But Opening Day has passed and I am a little disheartened.

CC looked awful. He says he couldn't command his fastball but that's like Chris Paul saying "I couldn't command my dribble." It's the most basic requirement of a pitcher, the fastball, and if a pitcher can't "command" it, he is in a word...worthless.

In any case, I'll give him a pass. But he better find that "command" real soon. And by real soon, I mean by his next start because his 3rd start figures to be Opening Day at Yankee Stadium and he really doesn't want to get booed off the mound in his first outing in his home park.

Mark Texeira went 0-4 with a walk and failed in a chance to tie things up late in the ballgame. He was booed lustfully by the Baltimorons as was to be expected. And when you accept the big bucks to play in NY you should know that boos come with the territory. He seems to be a thick skinned kind of guy. We shall see.

Now for the bullpen (or lack there-of). Brian Bruney continued to pitch poorly picking up where he left off in the Spring. His spot as the 8th inning set-up guy is in serious question at this point. Damaso Marte has a long way to go to justify the 3 year deal the Yanks gave him. Phil Coke pitched well but seemed to tire in the 8th. Maybe having a true long man wouldn't have been such a bad idea. The Yanks chose not to bring one.

The positives were HR's from Posada & Matsui. Multiple hit games from Jeter & Damon. Cano had 2 walks, which used to take him 2 weeks to amass. And Brett Garnder, The Feisty One, threw out a guy at home.

Can't dwell on this one too much. It's just 1 down and 161 to go...