If It Ain't In A Baseball Stadium, It Ain't Opening Day

Inaugurating the baseball season

• in Australia, 
• on a cricket field,
• in the middle of our night,
• on the first weekend of the NCAA basketball tournament,
• two weeks before the rest of the season begins

is as relevant as a vice presidential speech. 

It's as real as calling the thoroughly-ignored play-in games of the NCAA hoops tournament the "first round."

We believe that's Opening Day the same way we believe Vladimir Putin is committed to democracy.

Let's wait until Opening Day to get excited about Opening Day. Brief respites in Spring Training, even if they count in the standings (Dodger 3, Diamondbacks 1), aren't regular season games; they're Balfour family reunions.

Yasiel Puig would agree. He went 0-5 in the leadoff spot, with three whiffs.