Thoughts on Week 1

So one week's past, and as per usual, there have been way too many overreactions to standout performances from certain players.

For example, everyone seems to believe this Emilio Bonifacio kid is for real. Yes he's fast, but so is Joey Gathright. If scouts honestly thought he could hit, he wouldn't already be on his third organization by the time he's 23. He's been traded for Jon Rauch and again for Scott Olsen. And he's proven to be terrible with the glove at both 2nd and 3rd.

Now if someone gives a good reason to worry fans, then it's worth paying attention. Chien-Ming Wang's velocity was way down, and as a sinkerballer, he won't be able to beat hitters without it. Maybe he can work himself into shape and his velocity will rebound, but until it does, the Yankees need to be worried.

Milton Bradley and Rich Harden are still healthy. Cubs must be feeling great right now.

Padres are the biggest fluke right now. I don't know whether the NL West or the AL West is the worst division in baseball, but the Padres would be the worst in either one. Bullpen's ERA won't be hovering around 1.00 all season.

Nick Adenhart was going to be one of the greats. Everytime someone is killed by a drunk driver we say the same things, but nothing seems to change. This isn't fair to Nick, this isn't fair to baseball, this isn't fair to his family, this isn't fair to every victim of drunk driving who are dying in vain.