Extra! Extra! Nats Win Their First Game!

Unfortunately for the Mets. Full coverage on Archie Bunker's Army.

Other openers for baseball saw the Dodgers top the Marlins and the Rox Top Sox.

It's still early but the excitement is almost palatable. Today sees a triple header and debut of Yankees, Red Sox AND Cardinals facing the Mets.

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Bad news for the Jets. It looks like they are on the verge of losing super backup Lamont Jordan to the Raiders and nose tackle Jason Ferguson to the Cowboys. Losing Lamont wouldn't be so bad if Curtis Martin weren't on his last legs but how many more seasons can Martin continue to pound? One? Maybe two? Jordan was the perfect man to make the smooth transition but now he'll be starting for the suddenly-impressive Raiders offence.

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Blog Roll

East Coast Agony has a few tips on starting your own blog. Rule Number One: "Be a Chick".

Nationals Pastime notes that they are First Place in the Grapefruit League.

Disappointly, The Nats Blog, instead of commenting on yesterday's first-ever Nats game, seems to busy pandering to the comments of his (or her?) "better half" and wasting time on idiocies like "Pre-Oscar Picks". Sad, man. Sad. Might have to scratch this one off the list in due time.

El Lefty Malo is on the air and ready to roll with the Dodgers' inaugural game against the Marlins.

Twins Geek is exiting about tonight's opening game.

The Eddie Kranepool Society is on top of the situation and in mid-season form:

"how great was it, with the remnants of Monday's Nor'easter slowly melting, to turn on the TV at 1:00PM and see baseball? Even Swarmy Steve Philip's ugly face couldn't put a damper on the moment. By the way, did you hear ol' Swarmy Steve throwing out the compliments to Willie Randolph? "He will make a great manager", "He's perfect for New York because he knows the territory" and "He has a strong prescence in the clubhouse and that's important" This is the same guy who went on radio and said that when he interviewed Randolph he did not feel he was right for the job. In fact, Phillips said Randolph did not have a good enough plan for running spring training for him to hire him. As for the manager runing a tight clubhouse, well I'm sure Bobby Valentine could give a great dissertation on how he was underminded by Phillips."

Well done.

Honest Wagner revels in the Pirates crushing Manatee CC proving that even the Pirates can beat the community colleges.

The incessantly outrageous Uncouth Sloth is back in bidness.

Waiting for Boof has moved to McCovey Chronicles pointing out yet again that the links all need updating and editing. Hopefull to be sorted out this weekend. A whole new roster!

And No Joy In Metsville has a nice, succinct take on yesterday's opener.