OPENING DAY OVER-REACTIONS

***SABATHIA LOSES A GAME***
What, is the season over with? Is Cashman shopping Sabathia? Has Hank Steinbrenner called CC in for counseling? It's just one game; can we all relax? Besides, CC & Teixeira both have long histories of bad Aprils. Of course, all the 'over-analysts' had to over-analyze, but lets consider the sources:

Bob Matthews (Picasner's favorite whipping-boy) thinks CC is too heavy and says that it will be worse in a couple of years when he'll be even heavier. I don't know how he knows that. He also says he doesn't know of any pitcher who can be successful when they are that "husky." I seem to recall Early Wynn winning 20 games 5 times over the span of 9 years, and he was over 200 lbs and 7 inches shorter than CC.

The other "expert" is Joe Morgan who is noted for such statements as, "If they were going to build the new Yankee Stadium with the same dimensions, why didn't they just stay in the old one?" We were hoping you'd stay in the old one, Joe. This from "Fan Graphs" by RJ Anderson:
" Despite what Joe Morgan stated, Sabathia’s velocity was fine. Sabathia’s average fastball touched just over 93 miles per hour, and topped out at 95. Over the last three seasons, Sabathia’s average fastball velocities are 93.7, 92.9, and 93.7. Either Morgan was unaware and fabricating excuses for the Yankees’ new ace, or he simply has no idea how hard Sabathia normally throws."
RJ, you could have saved time by simply using the red-highlighted portion of that statement.

In short, let's let the season progress before we decide things like 'The Phillies are going to go 0-162' because they lost their first two games.

***CONTRACT? WHAT CONTRACT?***
It has long been a pet peeve of mine that college coaches change jobs like we change socks. First of all, what about all those kids that he went out and recruited and convinced that he was the one coach they should play for, but now it's "Adios and see you later." Of course if the player wants to change schools, he has to sit out a year, but not the coach. And didn't he sign a contract? How do they get out of walking away from that? If the school wants to fire him, they have to continue to pay him. Just once, I'd like to see a "Memphis" say to a "John Calipari", you don't want to coach here? Fine, but you won't coach anywhere else as long as you're under contract to us. Now go sit home for 5 years while we get a coach with some morals.

Never happen.

***THE ANNALS OF MICHAEL KAY***
"It took 7 years to build that? What did they do? Build it brick-by-brick?" That career in construction never really worked out, did it Michael?