the baseball diaries

The Baseball Diaries by the numbers:

7 - Days before the season starts on American soil, having already started in Japan, a 3-1 victory for the Mariners over the A's
4 - Hits Suzuki had in the opener
2430 - Games in a MLB season, so there's plenty of opportunities to catch our favorte passtime

But let's get to the real numbers:

$240 Million! For the bat of Albert Pujols, who in the mind of Artie Moreno, Mike Chocha, and Brian Miller, and Angels fans the world over will deliver a World Series Championship to Anaheim once again! Yes, I believe it too. Yes, that's a lot of money and a long commitment (10 years), but hey, guys like GM Juicer and Vernon "0-4" Wells were not, and/or are not, bringing anything here. All they did was collect paychecks and my boos.

Plus we finally have a healthy Kendry(s) Morales back, a pitching rotation to rival the best in the league, and hope for a return to the glory days which were not that long ago.

Also, how 'bout that Amarista kid?! He's putting some good bat to ball and making solid plays, unlike Trumbo's airmail specials. The Angels open the season on April 6th vs. the Royals so I hope they work out all the kinks by then. I mean, let's be honest, this will be a tough season with every team in the league gunning for them after the huge off-season signings of Wilson and Pujols. An error free weekend sweep of Kaci would be a nice start!

More numbers you ask?

$2 Billion - What Majic Johnson (not Santana) and his friends paid to own the Los Angeles Dodgers. I just threw up a little bit in my mouth...
110-52 - What I predict the Angels record to be as they win the AL West and go on to the post-season.

And perhaps the saddest number of all: 900 - Days since I last wrote a baseball diaries. May that never happen again...

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