Red Sox Struggles

The Red Sox have started the 2012 season very slow and the weather bought them some time to rest yesterday when the Yankees had a chance to go for the sweep of the series.  The Yankees had dominated the series wining the first game easily and coming back from down 9 to win 15-9 the next day.  The Yankees were looking like they were going to sweep the sox having their ace CC Sabathia pitching the next game.  The Red Sox have started slow with a record of 4-10 and they do not look like themselves recently.  They have been losing to teams that they would usually beat and they are getting killed by the Yankees a team they are usually close with.  As of now they need some pitch and they are in last place in thew tough AL East with the Yankees at the top showing no sign of slowing down.

NHL Playoffs

The Pittsburg Penguins have now won two games in a row.  This makes the series with the Flyers now 3-2 in favor of the Flyer.  Now that the Penguins have made the series interesting again many may feel they have a good change now that they have the momentum.  The Penguins were favor by multiple sources to win the Stanley Cup this year.  With the way the series started many may not think this anymore.  Do you think the Penguins should still be favored?  The rest of the NHL playoffs has also been interesting so far, The series have been close and competitive and it seems like many different teams have a chance to win the cup.  

NFL Draft

 The NFL Draft is next week and everyone is wondering who will  be picked by who.  It seems as though the Colt will be picking Andrew Luck and the Redskins will be picking Robert Griffin III but who will the rest of the teams pick?  Where does everyone think players like Justin Blackmon will go who will be picked earlier than everyone though.  This draft could be interesting as the draft goes on.

Yankees Home Opener

The Yankees had their home opener today against the Los Angeles Angels and and showed that they are starting to play better as a team.  Coming into this game the Yankees were at .500 after being swept by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and then sweeping the Baltimore Orioles in the next series.  With the Yankees playing better coming out of the series with the Orioles they showed what they were capable of with a quality win over the Angles who now have a better pitching and have added Albert Pujols.  The Angles have had a rough start to their season and that continued today with a 5-0 loss to the Yankees.  The Angels have upgraded in many areas this of season and look to be playoff contenders.  It does not look like anyone has started to panic as it is still early and there are a lot of games left to play.  With the Yankees having won there last four games to improve there record to 4-3 the veterans on the team seem to be starting to warm up and play well at the same time.  The addition of Raul Ibanez looks like it may pay off as he has come up big at the plat for the Yankees in some important situations.  With a bunch of veterans on the Yankees it looks like they have the experience and ability to be serious playoff contenders and possibly make a run at a world series title.  While it is still early the Yankees have got off to a decent start and started to heat up wining their last four games.

  

Is This Mariano Rivera's Last Season

Many would consider Mariano Rivera the best closer in the history of baseball, and if not he is certainly on of the best ever.  With over 600 saves and really only using on pitch Mariano Rivera has proven he is as dominant as they can be.  But as he got older his production has started to decrease as with the majority of professional baseball players.  Many people have speculated that this could be his last season.  If so does Mariano Rivera go down in the books as the best closer to play the game. In my book he would, when you look at all the numbers and situations that Mariano has faced it is clear to me that while some may have come close no one has closed game as effectively as Mariano Rivera. After the first game of the season yesterday where Rivera was brought in in the ninth inning of a one run game and gave up two runs and the Yankees lost the first game of the season.  Does Mariano have more than a season or two left in him his production seems to have declined and become less consistent.  While that may be the case Mariano is still among the most effective closers in the game finishing near the top in saves each season.  I think Mariano has one or two years left before he is done but who knows when your as good as Mariano is he could be around longer.

  

Its Baseball Season

It is now the beginning of April and baseball season is starting again.  Yesterday the Miami Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals opened the season and also opened Miami's new stadium.  Other games to open the season this week include The Pittsburgh Pirates played the Philadelphia Phillies to open their season at home and the New York Yankees play the Tampa Bay Rays in Tampa bay to open their season.  With all this baseball starting now who will be the team to win the World Series.  Will the Yankees win their 28 World Series or will it be some one else.  Will the Pirates have a season above .500 this year for the first time in a long time.  How will the new playoff system work for the teams who have just missed the playoffs the last few years.  Their is a lot to look forward to this year in the MLB and how will a lot of these situations work out.  As the season gets started and we get to see the true talent of all these teams who will be a disappointment this year and who will surprise everyone at the end of 162 games.  Who will make a run i the playoffs and who will be the last to teams playing for the World Series.  With all these questions and possibilities  It should make for an interesting and exciting season of baseball for the fans.