The O’s are 21-9 on Opening Day over the last 30 years,,and they’ve had a lot of great ones. They’ve won by larger victory margins than today (twice by 10 runs). They’ve had a number of Opening Day shutouts, including on the day Camden Yards opened. They’ve had walk-off and extra inning wins.
But for me, I’m taking this one as the best Opening Day of them all:
- David Rubenstein and his fellow owners struck every chord correctly, giving interviews, mingling with fans, buying rounds of beers at Pickles, etc. they were pitch perfect and really set a tone for what we can expect going forward.
- We spent 3 months looking for an ace, and Corbin Butnes looked every inch the part. He was masterful and so fun to watch.
- And just generally, the team had great at bats all day and looked like a defending division champion ought to look.
My optimism meter is pretty much at 100 after today.