Baseball is here-ish!

Yesterday morning, the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics technically kicked off the regular season but it wasn’t considered “Opening Day”-day because the game was played in Japan and didn’t start til before 6 a.m. The two players who benefitted most was Oakland catcher Kurt Suzuki and Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, who got a chance to play in front of their homeland. Ichiro snacked on Athletics starter Brandon McCarthy most of the game, opening with a single en route to a 4 for 5 day batting in the three hole.

For Game 2 this morning, odds of his total hits, runs, and rbi’s being over 2.5 according to bovada are +135, while odds of him under that are -165. Continue reading →