And That Happened

Astros 8, Rangers 2: The fundamental problem with baseball opening with a lone, prime time game is that everyone is watching it. And with all of the attention on one game, people are bound to overanalyze it, draw ridiculous conclusions and reach hard to make meaningful statements because, hey, if it’s the only game it must be important, yes?

Well, no, obviously. Unless you think Justin Maxwell is going to hit 324 triples, Matt Harrison is going to strike out over 300 batters while posting an ERA of 8 and Erik Bedard’s three-inning save represents the return of John Hiller-esque firemen. No one believes any of that stuff. But with everyone watching ESPN and listening to Orel and John and Dan comparing journeymen to Derek Jeter and lauding this or that play as “a big league play” or what have you, it felt like something more than Houston vs. Texas.

And thankfully it was just one night of it. Today begins lots of baseball most days, with most games not mattering a whole hell of a lot. Which is kind of nice.


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Dave Cornutt
10 years ago

The part that really got me was ESPN’s repeated insistence that Houston has some super-secret genius plan to field a competitive team with a miniscule payroll.  Yeah, I know they needed to pump up what appeared was going to be a turkey of a game, but still…

Greg Simons
10 years ago

Great to see you back with ATH, Craig.  It’s another wonderful sign that the season is underway.