ftwfrog said:
I do the same thing with the Rangers. It's been so long that we haven't had baseball, opening week seems like the most important games in the world. The grind will begin and I still follow but mid-season you have to save some of your emotions for the postseason. Good to have baseball back!!
I'm usually different. I typically take early season games with a grain of salt and don't put much stock in them. I follow them closely, but don't really assign much meaning to what I'm seeing.
This year I feel like this is a very important series and I've got this irrational hope that we sweep them allowing 2 earned runs and scoring 37. I need to temper my expectations, but I think I truly believe this staff is better than last year, our offense is better than last year, and our defense (except catcher) is better than last year. Consequently I feel like we could/should win 50 games and this series is an important weekend to make a statement.
Again, I realize this is completely irrational behavior, which is why I feel so bizarre about my emotions right now.
