4/2: Real Opening Day Open Thread, Part 2

Oh, well....time for K #13.

Wheeeeeee.

Vidro is going to hit into a TON of those this year, mark my words!

Does mention Yankee game and Meche game.

Did I hear that right?

Nice win by the M's

FIRST PLACE!!!!!

and Sexson on pace for 162 homers.

One of those may actually happen, can you guess which one??

I'd like to take this opportunity to say, "neener-neener, ha ha ha-ha ha, suck it."

The one thing I like just as much as seeing a GREAT game like that is to come back and read the thread for it.

Some things:

•  I also noticed the STUPID COMPLACENT BITCHES who would not stand up and applaud how fucking awesome Felix Fucking Hernandez was today, but by far the most vocal, supportive and active fans were with me in the CF bleachers.  A few rows up, there was this group of frat boys who clearly understood the significance of El Cartelua.  One even had on a HERNANDEZ 59 t-shirt.  They stood up, clapped and yelled EVERY TIME Felix got to two strikes, and sometimes even after one strike, and every Felix K got high fives and serious noise.  They regularly implored surrounding sections to GET UP AND SHOW RESPECT, but to no avail.
• Just a few seats to my right, another group of guys were also vocal and rowdy, and during that awesome 4 run rally, they repeated this chant:

I... don't know, but it got louder with every baserunner, and it obviously helped ;P

• As for those of you wondering about Guillen's arm... Guillen was one-hopping warm-up throws to Ichiro.  Not encouraging.
• Richie must be hallucinating that he's seeing strikes because I had no idea what he was swinging at half the time.  Still, awesome HR that iced the ballgame.
• Piazza is fucking DONE.  His bat "speed" makes Carl Everett look like Pujols.
• I also had a hilarious moment after they drove in the first run.  Everyone was screaming and all, and I turned around to high five the guys behind me.  They just stared at me.  After a moment, I just turned back around and that was that.
• Meanwhile, I respect the fact that they're at least trying to take a couple pitches before hacking away, but Lopez and Yuni stared at a couple of easy fastballs down the pike.
• It wasn't raining when they closed the roof.  They just saw the clouds roll in and got paranoid.

• I totally called that last Vidro GIDP.  God, what a fat useless toad.
• Man... Felix.  Felix even got screwed by the ump on obvious strikes about 5 or 6 times, at least, and it STILL didn't matter.
• Trained by years of malaise, I kept expecting Felix to blow it, kept expecting the big innings that years of Meche, Pineiro et al have trained me to expect... and it never came.  I definitely noticed that no balls were leaving the infield or even getting in the air.  I lost count of all the K's after about 5 or 6.  They just kept coming and, with no view of the big scoreboard or the K toter from the bleachers, all I knew was that Felix was kicking ass.

- I also hung out for a spell at Pioneer Square Saloon with Derek from USSM and a few others, and got him to sign my copy of the Cheater's Guide to Baseball.  I got him to do a hilarious sig: I'll post a pic when I can get one up.