Anthony Rizzo Hands Out Sanitizer, Bryce Harper's Opening Day Suit & Bob Stoops Drinking
Observations from the legitimate Opening Day
• My Reds are either loaded or the Tigers will go 10-50 and miss the expanded playoffs. I think both are true and it feels good to finally be in a pennant chase with my Reds even if it's just a 60-game shootout. Now I have no choice but to watch.
• I'm liking the cutouts. I sat down and watched five innings of Angels-A's and I found myself looking around the stands to see what kind of craziness they came up with in Oakland. There was even a Charlie-O mule cutout in the stands. This is much better than just having empty seats, if that's what we're stuck with. Change it up each game and let's keep having fun with this stuff.
• The crowd noise during the Angels-A's game on ESPN was a little weird. I'm not sure whether it was weird in the ballpark or just weird coming out of the ballpark speakers and then being relayed through the TV.
• ESPN's BLM drumbeat was way quieter last night.
• Jessica Mendoza must study tape & stats 24 hours a day/7 days a week to know as much as she comes off as knowing. Sometimes it feels like she's just throwing out numbers and knowledge just to make sure she's talking.