I swear, the new graphics for this season of Dodger baseball make me think management believes the more fonts you use, the more money you’ll make! Holy cow! Not only does every single announcement have, like, 6 different fonts, but the announcement cards for the players use nonstop changing fonts for their numbers. Some of the fonts look like bubblegum, others like they belong on a tombstone. It’s a real mishmosh.

What was not convoluted on this glorious Opening Day was the team’s resolve to kick some Cardinal ass! After Mookie Betts walked, Shohei Ohtani did what he’s getting the big bucks for: he doubled to right field and got the (almost) full house rocking! Unfortunately, our overly cautious third-base coach, Dino Ebel, held Mookie at 3rd (he could easily have scored), and Shohei got doubled up on that base, so he was out. But then Freddie Freeman knocked in Mookie with a beautiful seeing-eye single up the middle, and there was no looking back! The Dodgers took their home opener, 7-1.

MY SCORECARDS
Game 3: LAD 7-STL 1

What most impressed me, however, was the great pitching we got from starter Tyler Glasnow (an alum of my alma mater, Hart High School) and reliever Ryan Yarbrough, who got a 3-inning save after he and Glasnow kept all the Cardinals except Paul (“I Hate L.A.”) Goldschmidt from getting any hits at all.

It was just a great team effort all the way around, and if it doesn’t start raining soon, we’ll be back at it tonight. A great start to the season!