At least in this hemisphere. The official opening day of the MLB season began on March 18th, the start of a two-game series in Tokyo between the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers, both of which the Cubs lost, making them 0-2 in the standings as the rest of the teams start play. The Cubs will resume play today against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix, while my South Side heroes, the Chicago White Sox, start their season at home against the Los Angeles Angels. My adopted hometown team, the Colorado Rockies, begin play tomorrow against the Tampa Bay Rays at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, due to hurricane damage to the Ray's home park. The game is a sellout, although since that minor league stadium holds only10,200 fans, that's not saying very much. In any case, except for the Cubs, of course, today all teams are undefeated, and anything is possible, even for the White Sox, who lost a record 121 games last year. But as we used to say on the South Side, you can't win them all. Do they still say that back there? In any case, I took the photograph above at Chicago's Wrigley Field on Opening Day back in 2010. The Cubs actually won that game, and their fans celebrated that victory all the way down Clark Street. And I am sure Chicago White Sox fans will be celebrating this afternoon, too, after their first victory of the season. Let's play ball!
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