The opening weekend of the baseball season is always interesting and fun. Rosters are honed down to the 25 players that will go north with the team. The season opening game is filled with festivities and anticipation. A victory means that your team will play perfect baseball for at least one game. And the Tampa Bay Rays gained that victory in impressive style. I followed both the roster moves and the game and here are some of my thoughts on both.
The opening day roster moves were highlighted by the choice of Derek Norris and Jesus Sucre as the teams’ catchers as Curt Casali and Luke Maile were sent to Durham.