Just Two More Days

The regular season begins tomorrow, but only for the  Braves and Phillies. The rest of us have to wait to Monday, but with showers in the forecast, the Red Sox and Rays may need to wait longer. In an ALCS rematch, James Shields and Josh Beckett are scheduled to pitch at 2:05 on Monday.

In Boston, the offseason hasn’t been nearly as long as in, say, New York. This year, despite a football-less January, the Celtics continue to push for a repeat, and the Bruins have been simply dominant and both of those teams may be playing in June. Even our new lacrosse team, the Boston Blazers, has had a great year, and they could clinch the playoffs with a win tonight against Buffalo. Baseball has seemed to be an afterthought since December. Once the season starts that is all going to change, and NESN is going to lump the Bruins on their plus channel with the Red Sox on the regular network, as it always does in April.

Rain or no rain, I’m just glad the Red Sox are getting back into action. They got their first game at a big league park yesterday, opening up Citi Field with the Mets, despite a rain delay in the 6th. Yet, I wonder why they opened up Citi Field instead of the new Yankee Stadium, like they did with the old one in 1923. I guess Major Leauge Baseball would rather the first Red Sox game at the Stadium to be a regular season game and really, who can blame them?

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