The Central and Pacific Leagues have started their regular seasons, and it seems almost as if we went from the beginning of spring training right into the games that count.
What the heck happened to the exhibition season?
Opening Day came on so darn early, and you have to wonder if the 12 Japanese teams were ready for the official openers after playing so few "open" games. A couple of managers expressed the opinion there were not enough tuneup games to prepare adequately for the real thing.