Introducing every single staff member, including the freakin' team massage therapist, to extremely cheesey rock music? It makes the 1996 Bulls pre-game hoopla look positively dignified.

Also: could the Jays' outfits look any nylon-ier? Or powder blue-ier?

Old friend Eric Gagne is making his first appearance for the Brew Crew.

A single, then a walk. I'm wondering at this point if he can even get Beyond Fukodome.

UPDATE: I was actually just struggling to make this terrible play on words (I only had 162 games in which to do it). I didn't think that the new guy would come up so big. Wow!

Just got the following email from Mrs. Love, who's in Manhattan today for work.

Is it opening day for the yankees? I have seen about 20 posada jerseys. Lame.

Indeed.

... tell me that Manny is starting in this 200-foot-deep left field. If so, look for him to be playing so shallow that he'll be trying to throw out guys on grounders to left. Can't wait ....

Just trying to beat Dirt Dogs to the punch ......[Note the timestamp below, which are very hard to fake.*]

*If you get the Strange Brew allusion, give yourself a hand.

I can't say the sight of Alan Embree has me scared. Or sentimental.

Daisuke off the hook!!!

"So faah [sic], this has all the makings of a very short outing for Daisuke."

... who will ever know????

Is Daisuke's infamous "one bad inning" going to be the very first inning of the season?