Here We Go Again

Once again baseball season is here and once again I feel like it's over before it's really started. I'm really more of a basketball fan but there is still something special about opening day in Major League Baseball.

Unless you're a Ranger fan.

If you are a Ranger fan, one of the most unfortunate creatures found in the sports jungle, Opening Day tends to feel less like a hopeful beginning to a new season and more like an exercise in futility, a continuation of decades of terrible baseball. You know your team is mired in mediocrity when you actually hope for a 3rd place finish in the division. Very sad. And so as not to disappoint us, the Rangers went out and started the season off 0-1 with a 5-2 loss in Seattle. Another great start to what will surely be another great season.

On a side note, before the game it was announced that lead off hitter Ian Kinsler, (he of the new 5 year, 25 million dollar contract) would be missing the game because of a fever. A FEVER. He ended up starting but still, the damage was done in my mind. I don't know how bad Little Ian's fever was but come on man! It's Opening Day! This is what baseball players LIVE for and you almost miss it because of a FEVER?! I'm sorry but if I'm going to miss Opening Day it's going to be because of something incredible, like a tiger eating my arm or a flesh eating bacteria. But not a fever.