Opening Day

          Today is March 31st and it is the Opening Day for the MLB. Opening day is the first baseball game of the season. Spring training has been going on for about two months now. Spring training is where baseball players go, usually to warmer places to train for the regular season. They play real games against other MLB teams but they don't count on their records. Its for players to get loose and warmed up. It's also for fans to check out the players and predict how well they are going to play during the regular season. Fans also use this period to scout players for their fantasy baseball teams. I personally playing in a fantasy baseball league. I didn't use the Spring training stats much as a reference when i picked players because in spring training players usually don't try as hard as they would in a real game. I mostly used stats from last year and professional scouts recommendations as references. I only used Spring training stats to look at rookies and players that were hurt that season.

          Here are a few games that I will be checking out today. The Boston Red Sox are playing the Baltimore Orioles in Camden yards at 3pm. John Lester in pitching for the Red Sox and Chris Tillman is pitching for the Orioles. At 1:05 p.m. the Chicago Cubs are playing the  Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Jeff Samardzija is pitching for the cubs and Francisco Liriano  is pitching for the Pirates. At 1:08 the Kansas City Royals are playing the Detroit Tigers  at Comerica Park. James Shields is pitching for the Royals and Justin Verlander is pitching for the Tigers. At 1:10 the  Washington Nationals are playing the New York Mets at Citi Field. Stephen Strasburg is pitching. The one I am most looking forward too is the Red Sox game.

Links:

 http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/opening-day-brings-hope-across-major-league-baseball-landscape?ymd=20140331&content_id=70474844&vkey=news_mlb

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/03/31/2014-mlb-opening-day-schedule-starting-pitchers/7087667/

http://mlb.si.com/2014/03/31/opening-day-2014-what-to-watch-for/