Opening day

Overall I've gotta say I'm quite pleased with todays game.   Excellent pitching and timely hitting are going to be the keys to this year, and today was a good example of those two things working the way we need them to.   I was definitely pleased with Bedard, although he threw a lot of pitches and had to leave after the fifth, I can't say it was his fault.   That umpires strike zone was awful today and there was numerous pitches that could've gone either way, but what you could see is that the Rangers had a real tough time hitting Erik, and the only hard hit ball off of him was the homer, and even that was on a good pitch.   So overall, a good game by the M's and hopefully a sign of things to come.