#openingnight2015

#OpeningNight2015 #Kobe20thSeason @kobebryant #Goat #24 @twcsportsnet @espn #Joseph4 (at Staples Center)

#OpeningNight2015 #Kobe20thSeason @kobebryant #Goat #24 @twcsportsnet @espn #Joseph4 (at Staples Center)

SAN JOSE, CA - A whole lotta something went down in an offseason filled with several questionable marks. Yet for one magical opening night, new faces made us fans forget just how tumultuous 2014 happened to be. Quite a good night at the office actually for starting pitcher Sonny Gray and crew. Thanks a lot to those powers that be who considered blacking out this game in favor of the team in the other side of the Bay - I couldn't even physically watch the game. Sucks too because from what I heard, there were several long balls, big sticks, and precision pitching going on at the O.Co this evening. In turn the team won their first game to start a season in like forever, while #54 kind of made more of a name for himself myself as he flirted with a no-hitter in giving Cecil Fielder and Texas a big fat donut in the process. Even better was that some of the newbies (Zobrist) and a couple of the wily veterans (Vogt and Sogard) on the roster provided some instant offensive punch to back Gray's near perfection. Granted a few of the acquisitions (Butler, in particular) will require a little more time to acclimate themselves to the Green Collar way of doing things. Yet, at least in this game, some of that Spring Training mojo is rubbing off quite nicely - still, let's temper things a bit, shall we? While I wont jinx it with the implausible idea of a division championship this year, I will say it'd be nice if the club happens to rock it like it was 2012 all over again. Until then though, I'll simply keep my (now heightened) expectations muted, till the next at bat. GSOG 4.6.15