Now I know! My ABC's!

It's baseball season, so I should probably talk about it, but where do I start? I'm sitting here in my pj's trying to write a sports blog entry on baseball-my personal favorite-and I don't have any idea where to begin! I don't want to do an opening week piece AFTER opening week. That's lame. I don't want to do an opening DAY bit because then I'd have to pick teams and all that and in baseball that's just not gonna happen for me. (Stick around for the Olympics or football season if you wanna see me pick sides.)  I'm thinking and thinking and finally it hits me...Start from the beginning. Do the ABC's of this week in baseball.

A- Aaron Rodriguez-or "A-Rod" as his fans like to call him hit yet another home run this week. OK, OK so it wasn't just any home rune, it was his 630th home run. The April 13th hit tied him for 5th place on the all-time home run record list alongside Ken Griffey, Jr. The Yankees' third-baseman is well on his way towards the top, but how high can he go? 4th wouldn't be too hard: 30 more would tie him with Willie Mays. But then you enter the 700- club. The top 3 belong to Babe Ruth (714), Hank Aaron (755), and Barry Bonds (762). Personally, I don't think A-rod is at that level of legend-ness yet and I don't know if he ever will be. I mean, to be one of the top 5 is already pretty big, but to make the top 3? REALLY? That's almost blasphemous. Almost. If it wasn't slightly plausible.

B- Josh Beckett. In 2011 he ended his season in the dog house with the fans and critics- especially those of the Red Sox, for whom he pitches. He play disappointingly and he acted, well, like a dog. He was sloppy and careless and left much to be desired. Last week's season debut didn't help him very much, either. 7 runs, 7 hits, 5 homers in less than 5 innings? Kind of a loser. But Friday's game against the Rays changed his luck. His chronic thumb injury seemed to let up and  he did a lot better: 1 run, 5 hits, a walk, and a strikeout in 8 innings? Kind of a winner. Is it too early/ too girly to call him Cinderella?

C- Cain. Matt Cain. The suave pitcher for the Giants deserves to be introduced like James Bond after his 1 hitter Friday afternoon. Striking out 11 Pirates looks- and probably feels- pretty darn good. Enough said. Let that just hang for a moment as you Google him...it's OK. The 27-year-old had his day in the sun and will probably have a lot more this season...just as long as it's his martinis and not his nerves that are shaken, not stirred.

Now YOU know your ABC's, but I won't ask you to sing them.