Tuesday’s game started ominously.
The very first hitter of the game, Colorado Rockies designated hitter Connor Joe — who we will always remember as the player the San Francisco Giants picked up, made you think could be a diamond in the rough, designated for assignment after 16 plate appearances, and then watched become said diamond in said rough elsewhere — hit a home run.
A home run that cleared the fence rather easily, but still required replay review.
There’s a funny thing about leadoff home runs. All of them either are the start of a victory for the team hitting them, which breeds the narrative that they set the tone (if you’re a fan of that team) or, umm .