Enjoyed watching some of the games today.  I like this Opening Day in March on a Thursday...getting ahead of the Final 4 games; I remember last year having baseball games opposite the NCAA Championship game on that Monday night, which kind of took the spotlight away from MLB.

Here's my picks:

PHI, CIN, SF, COL

BOS, CHI, LAA, NYY

PHI over BOS in the WS...going with the teams that look strongest "on paper"; but, I really think if Philly stays…

I posted this for the last 9 weeks of the offseason on my twitter feed.  Basically, its a top 9 favorite features at the current 30 MLB parks:

9 - The statues in the outfield area at Comerica Park

8 - "Think Blue" sign and San Gabriel Mountains beyond the outfield at Dodger Stadium

7 - McCovey Cove and San Francisco Bay beyond the outfield at AT&T Park

6 - The warehouse and Eutaw Street at Oriole Park at Camden Yards

5 - Monument Park at Yankee…

I am pleased to read my hometown Seattle Mariners are dedicating their first six home games of the 2011 season to the Japan earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. The Mariners will make a donation to the Red Cross to match all fan donations along with Mariners staff and employees, with a guaranteed donation of at least $100,000.

The Mariners right-fielder, Ichiro Suzuki, has already donated  100 million yen (about $1.25 million) to the Japanese Red Cross. Redmond, Washington based…

http://www.baseballparks.com/Store/TTMed2.asp

Click on this link to purchase a map w/ picture of all 30 CURRENT ballparks.  They previously had a map w/ the ballparks thru 2007 but this updated version includes Nationals Park(2008) Citi Field(2009) Yankee Stadium(2009) and Target Field(2010).  For all ballpark chasers some pretty cool to own.

Hi Ballpark Chasers!

A fellow chaser and I will be in Arizona this weekend to take in a couple of spring training games.  Anybody else going this weekend?