Happy New Baseball Year!

It was a perfect, sunny, clear, Opening Day at phone company park and we had a power outage - We had 2 Barrys and that just wasn't enough to light up the G-Men's bats today. To quote MLB.com, "...it was a perfect Opening Day. Until the game began."

But, boy was it glorious to be in the park again! It was a perfect day, perfect crowd and plenty of good baseball. The ceremonies began with an introduction of past All Star G-Men and it was incredible. I'm a newbie, so I was nearly drawn to tears when Robb Nen came on to the field, despite the fact that he was among other larger-than-life legends, including: Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Will Clark, Felipe Alou, Vida Blue, Mike Krukow, Kevin Mitchell, Gaylord Perry, Orlando Cepeda, Juan Marichal... In all, "27 of the 44 All-Stars to have represented the Giants in one or more All-Star Games attended the Opening Day ceremonies."

I can't believe we were actually blessed with an awesome stolen base from Bonds today (by a wide margin!)- I cherish these rare moments (after hitting a 2-out single to left in the 1st inning). I'm just glad he's looking much healthier at the beginning of this season than he did in the beginning of '06.

Ray Durham was showin' some gLove today and I sure hope he stays healthy. I've got my eye on Dave Roberts, though. I have great expectations and am looking forward to his energy. I'm also glad I can wear my Aurilia gear again. And, it goes without saying, I've always loved watching Russ Ortiz on the mound - he looks even better when he's in black & orange! I'm looking forward to more great memories with him. Plus, I think it's been under-appreciated, but Randy Winn has some pretty smart at-bats. I hope he stays sharp.

While I agree with a fellow Giants fan's sentiment - "Well, we can't win 'em all," I was hoping today's loss wasn't accompanied with some of these San Diego highlights:

- Catcher Josh Bard hit his first career 4-hit game against us today;
- SD's Ace, Jake Peavy, looked real solid;
- SD shut us out on opening day...

To my G-Men:
- No more errors, Feliz. We really cannot afford them, especially in crucial innings;
- And Zito, I'm keepin' the faith. Keep it real and BRING IT! I know you can...

I'm at the park every night during opening week, except for Sunday (I'm still workin' on gettin' some tickets!). And yes, I will be hissing at Schmidttie during Dodger weekend.