Opening Day

Opening day is here,again. Another winter, this one difficult, filled with unexpected pain,has ended. Baseball,Easter, flowers, blossoms[cherry,apple ,almond ,magnolia] will soon decorate the gray landscape. My Mets are playing in Cincinnati against the Redlegs today,the oldest MLB team and traditionally,the team that played the first game[before espn,etc...}Either way, here we are,appropriately I was thinking of the late lamented Eugene McCarthy,poet politician [talk about an extinct breed.Oh wait, there's Orin Hatch}former minor league first baseman in the Great Soo league in Minnesota, land of a thousand lakes and poets.McCarthy, whom we need now more than ever, died in 2005.I think he would have rather liked Obama,partially because of the poetry, also the fact he was an outsider and the machine was vehemently against him. Anyway, McCarthy was a passionate stone cold baseball fan simply loved the game, and since his birth anniversary passed at the end of march, I thought of him in connection to opening day. Any excuse to mention McCarthy is fine.he was a huge hero of mine...
Predictions:
NL EAST
METS
PHILS
BRAVES
NATS
Marlins
Central
Cards
Cubs
REDS
ASTROS
PIRATES
Brewers

WEST
GIANTS{love love their pitching}
Dodgers
Snakes
Padres
Rocks

JUNIOR CIRCUIT
EAST
BOSOX
RAYS
NYY
BlueJays
Orioles
Central
Chisox
Twins
Tribe
Royals
Tigers...this entire division could be in play in late september
WEST
Halos
A's
Texas
M's

POST Season...Mets,Cards Phils Giants.mets-giants giants win the pennant
AL Sox,Chisox,Angels A's...BOSox beat la...Giants beat the sox in seven

Reading:Stepping stones interviews with seamus heaney
Listening Bach
Well tempered Clavier ,Glenn Gould recording