MILWAUKEE -- Monday's Brewers home opener happens to fall on the anniversary of Travis Shaw's first batting practice at Miller Park. He returned to the clubhouse that day with wide eyes. After two years of home games at Boston's Fenway Park, where Pesky's Pole is tantalizingly close but the rest of right field is spacious, Shaw had a feeling that hitting at home was about to get fun.
Now comes Christian Yelich, fresh off a five-hit performance in Saturday's sweep-clinching win in San Diego. Let's just say that Shaw has a good feeling again.