Anyway, let’s get into it, shall we?

• Watching the Yankees beat Houston is a lot of fun.
• Tuesday’s game wasn’t fun until the ninth inning.
• What a sloppy performance.
• But hey, they won.
• And how about Brett Gardner coming back to life.
• Usually, he starts off hot and cools down in the second half.
• This season, he had been ice cold to start and is now heating up as the weather does the same.
• And isn’t Gleyber Torres great?
• I enjoy watching him play.
• Well, when he’s not making errors in the field.
• He’s hitting well for someone his age.
• I was worried about Miguel Andujar after that collision with Yuki Gurriel during Wednesday’s game.
• Didi asked him what 1+1 equaled and Andujar laughed.
• It’s good to know that our players know basic math.
• And how about Luis Severino?
• It’s relaxing watching his starts unlike Sonny Gray’s starts while can be agonizing.
• The personal catcher thing isn’t really helping.
• Apparently, it doesn’t really matter who’s catching him.
• He works better when he’s fast.
• If he takes too long on the mound, it screws him up.
• He’s opening the series against Baltimore that starts on Thursday night.
• Bad news: Gray is 1-3 with a 5.40 ERA in his career at Camden Yards.
• Good news: Aaron Judge really likes hitting against the Orioles.
• The Orioles are bad and the Yankees should beat them.
• Should.
• Back to Houston, can we talk about how nice it is that the Yankees can beat Dallas Keuchel?
• Remember dreading his starts against the Yankees?
• Justin Verlander is pitching out of his mind.
• And it’s not at all suspicious that a guy who is 35 and has over 2600 innings on his arm and who was plagued by injuries is suddenly pitching better than he did in his 20s.
• Not at all.
• My main reason for pointing this out is because he’s so sanctimonious when it comes to PED and I’d love nothing more than to see him get caught doing something illegal.
• The Astros are heading home to play the Red Sox this weekend.
• Hey! The Red Sox are finally playing a good team for once.
• Their schedule has been a cakewalk so far this season.
• The Yankees are now in the cakewalk part of their schedule.
• And they need to take advantage of this stretch.
• Remember when the Yankees were 9-9? It seems so long ago.
• As if it wasn’t this season.
• During that stretch, they lost three out of four to the Orioles.
• Hopefully, they can return the favor and beat up on a terrible Orioles team.
• They were able to beat the Angels two out of three this past weekend.
• The one loss was Gray’s start.
• Of course.
• I really don’t like going into Gray’s starts and assuming it will be a loss.
• CC Sabathia isn’t looking great either.
• He started off well but now he’s losing a bit of that early season magic.
• And his starts seem to go the same way.
• He’ll be great for the first few innings and then fall completely apart in the fourth or fifth inning.
• Maybe this stretch of “easier” games will help him out
• Maybe it could help Gray out as well.
• Giancarlo Stanton didn’t get hot until July of last year and then he went HAM.
• So I’m not worried about him yet.
• I’m glad that after looking dreadful at the plate on Tuesday that Gary Sanchez turned things around on Wednesday.
• Can we talk about this play?

• I mean, come on.
• It worked out perfectly.
• What a carom off the backstop.
• Jeez.
• If Chapman tried that 10 times, he wouldn’t be able to do it.
• Yankee magic!

So, with that in mind and because my brain is all over the place this afternoon, I’m going to fire off some random thought before the game. Grab a snack and/or a drink and away we go!

• The offseason seemed like the longest one ever but spring training felt like it zoomed by.
• At least it did to me.
• The Yankees have Giancarlo Stanton.
• I keep having to remind myself because I can’t believe it.
• I feel bad for Greg Bird.
• The guy just wants to play and his right foot is being a pill.
• Hopefully, this latest surgery will be his last.
• Cross every body part you can including your eyes.
• Last year, I predicted that Ronald Torreyes was going to hit the first Yankee home run of 2017.
• I really did. Here’s the tweet:

• I wasn’t lying.
• I was recording a podcast when it happened so I couldn’t react on Twitter but it was pretty funny.
• I predicted Didi this season.
• Watch it be Brandon Dury.
• Speaking of Drury, I think he was a fine pickup.
• Some people are really down on it but for now, he’ll do.
• The Yankees have Giancarlo Stanton.
• I still can’t believe it.
• Imagine having to face Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, and Gary Sanchez?
• Oh, and Didi Gregorius.
• The Yankees have the longest road Opening Day losing streak.
• It’s 6 games.
• The last time they won an opener on the road was in 2006 at Oakland.
• That’s a really long time ago.
• No one is left from that team but that was another squad with a pretty stacked lineup.
• Remember 2006? When it seemed like everyone went down with a wrist injury?
• Matsui, Sheffield, Giambi….ugh.
• Matsui was gone for most of the season.
• Then they lost to Detroit in the Division Series.
• And Joe Torre batted A-Rod eighth.
• Memories…
• Back to 2018 and the promise of a new season.
• The hope.
• The excitement.
• The feeling of euphoria that comes with the knowledge that this team could do something special.
• Of course, the flip side is everything that could go wrong and ruin it but let’s not think of that.
• Let’s be positive today.
• Let’s picture 495 foot Judge home runs instead.
• And Stanton hitting ball 500 feet.
• Maybe Sanchez can get in on the action.
• Let’s get excited about Tyler Wade.
• He had a nice spring. Let’s hope some of it carries over into the regular season.
• Oh, by the way, the Rays picked up our old friend Rob Refsnyder and he’s batting clean up.
• Evan Longoria is a Giant.
• That’s another thing I’m not used to right now.
• Or Andrew McCutchen also being a Giant.
• Or Giancarlo Stanton being a Yankee.
• Did that really happen?
• Greg Holland finally signed with someone. (The Cards.)
• There are still so many unsigned players. It’s ludicrous.
• I feel bad for them.
• Well, not that bad. Most of them are still well off and won’t starve.
• But it has to be frustrating to sit around and watch as the baseball season starts and you’re without a job.
• Frustrating and scary for some of them.
• Okay, I feel bad.
• I’m not a monster.
• Anyway, let’s end this on a high note.
• Happy Opening Day, everyone! Let’s go Yankees!