A series win is a good way to start the year

Source: www.amazinavenue.com --- Saturday, March 31, 2018
Opening Day is practically a holiday, but there has always been something special about the second game of the season. Winter-weary Baseball fans need Baseball at this time of year, and game twos are proof that Baseball is here to stay. Still, it’s all the easier enjoy the early days of a season once your team—like our Mets —has its first win under its belt; and that our Florida son Jacob deGrom was making his season debut today gave extra cause for happiness. Dexter Fowler was first up for the Cardinals , and his at bat was, in retrospect, something of a microcosm of what deGrom’s day became: Fowler struck out, but it took more work from deGrom—nine pitches and a full count—than anyone Mets-affiliated would have preferred. A Tommy Pham strikeout and a Matt Carpenter ground out later, and it was the Mets’ turn at bat. Opening Day cleanup hitter Asdrubal Cabrera hit leadoff today and promptly doubled down the line off Cardinals starter Michael Wacha. Yoenis Cespedes drew a walk, and as Jay Bruce came up it finally clicked for me that the Mets might have themselves a decent offense this year. I felt a little thrill at the thought, and though Bruce’s force-out grounder to third dampened my spirits a bit, Todd Frazier promptly ripped a double down the left-field line that plated both Cespedes and Bruce and had Citi Field cheering and hollering at the early 2-0 lead. The game breezed along for the next few innings, with the most note ...

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