Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 41 days left until Opening Day on April 1. 41 was Jeremy Jeffress’ jersey number when he was a Royal, and before that, when he was in Milwaukee. Jeffress was acquired as part of …
Category Archive: Opening Day Countdown
Feb 16
Opening Day Countdown: 42
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 42 days left until Opening Day on April 1. 42 is the number, in millions, of dollars that Ervin Santana will make over the next 5 seasons. Dave Cameron of FanGraphs picked the acquisition …
Feb 15
Opening Day Countdown: 43
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 43 days left until Opening Day on April 1. I wanted to start this countdown at 50, but time did a strange thing and went by too quickly. That has never happened in the …
Apr 02
Opening Day Countdown: SIX, FIVE
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 5 days left until Opening Day on April 6. Every morning, I get a fun email from a service called TimeHop. The email contains everything I tweeted or posted on Facebook exactly one year …
Mar 30
Opening Day Countdown: SEVEN
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 7 days left until Opening Day on April 6. The roster has been finalized. Here are 7 slots that I think will change before the All-Star Break (in no particular order): 1) Louis Coleman …
Mar 30
Opening Day Countdown: EIGHT
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 8 days left until Opening Day on April 6. 8 is the number of interesting links I’m going to share below, in no particular order. 1) Joel Goldberg continues his excellent reporting from Spring …
Mar 29
Opening Day Countdown: NINE
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 9 days left until Opening Day on April 6. 9 would be Johnny Giavotella’s jersey number, if he were going to open the season in Kansas City and not Omaha. In 2011, 9 was …
Mar 28
Opening Day Countdown: 10
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 11 days left until Opening Day on April 6. 10 was the number of games Sean O’Sullivan started last season. Now, of course, many MLB teams have similar pitchers – the guys who come …
Mar 26
Opening Day Countdown: 11
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 11 days left until Opening Day on April 6. 11 is the number of wins Luke Hochevar had last year, and it is also the approximate number of strikeouts per nine that Greg Holland …
Mar 25
Opening Day Countdown: 12
Let’s see if I can come up with a post every day of the rest of the offseason. Today, there are 12 days left until Opening Day on April 6. Today is a very special day – new episode of Mad Men!! – and I refuse to have it marred (too much) by the fact …