So the Sox lost on Opening Day again… I’m not too worried, since they’ve lost every opening day from 2001 (in 2000, Pedro got the win in an amazing start to his amazing season), and thus far the 21st century has been fairly kind to them (and not as kind to the Yankees). Poor appearances by Blaine Neal, John Halama, and Matt Mantei, not to mention David “Fat Bastard” Wells. Oh well. What cheered me up was the arrival of Tom Gordon in the 9th. If Joe Torre wants to burn through his best relievers in what was then an 8-run game, this bodes well for the latter part of the season.