Baseball is back! The MLB regular season starts today, and my South Side heroes, the Chicago White Sox, will play their home opener against the Detroit Tigers at Guaranteed Rate Field this afternoon. The Sox had a horrible season last year, losing 101 games, and are once again in a rebuilding mode. Their North Side rivals, the Chicago Cubs, will start the season in Texas against the Rangers. The Cubs finished with an 83-79 record last year, but still almost won a wildcard spot before - surprise! - falling apart in the final week of the season. The Colorado Rockies, my adopted hometown team, will start the season against the Diamondbacks in Arizona. They lost 103 games last year and nobody expects them to do much better this season, either. Although the Rockies attract almost 3 million fans a year to their ballpark, thanks to playing at beautiful Coors Field, they had the third worst television ratings in baseball last season, and as of now can only be watched through a streaming service. Probably for the best. But no matter - as of today, all three teams are undefeated, and anything is possible at the start of the season, right? Right?
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