Opening Day is Here

It is raining out. Fairly cold, dreary sort of morning. There is however, excitement in the air.

There is something special about opening day. It is probably because it comes with the start of spring. There are birds chirping outside, the air smells new and fresh.

The Mets open the season this afternoon (4 pm, SNY) against the Marlins in Miami. Today Terry will get the chance (weather providing) to watch Johan Santana pitch for the first time in a Mets uniform.

Terry has picked the Mets to win the divison, and expects Santana to compete for, and win the NL Cy Young award.

Today is a good day. Avi woke up, and spoke her first words. Just as I had hoped, they were "Johan Santana".

My daughter is a baby genius.


Just for the fun of it... Terry's predictions for post seasons awards.

NL MVP

David Wright, NY Mets

Mark Teixeira, Atlanta Braves in the running

Dark Horse Matt Kemp, LA Dodgers

NL Cy Young

Johan Santana, NY Mets

Jake Peavey, San Diego Padres in the running

Dark Horse John Maine, NY Mets

NL Comeback Player of the Year

Jeff Kent, LA Dodgers

Nick Johnson, Washington Nationals in the running

Dark Horse, Fernando Tatis (dont take this seriously), NY Mets

NL Rookie of the Year

Matt Kemp, LA Dodgers

Clayton Kershaw, LA Dodgers in the running

Dark Horse John Neise, NY Mets

AL MVP

Manny Ramirez, Boston Redsox

Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigres in the running

Dark Horse Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers

AL Cy Young

Daisuke Matsuzaka, Boston Redsox

C.C. Sabathia, Clevland Indians

Dark Horse Francisco Liriano, Minnesota Twins

AL Comeback Player

Manny Ramirez, Boston Redsox

Scott Rolen, Toronto Bluejays

Dark Horse Mike Sweeney, Oakland Athletics



Terry is ready for baseball.