What a Weekend...

Cepedes watching his 465 ft. bomb!

Who would've thought that the Mets would be 3-0 and the Yankees would be 0-3? Seriously? Is this some sort of sick dream where New York baseball is completely flipped over? No, definitely not, because the last time the Bronx Bombers lost their first 3 games was 1998, where they went on to win 114 games and also the World Series. The last time the Mets won their first 3 games was 2007, and I think we all know what happened there *Motions for high-five*.  So if the World Series was tomorrow, it would be the Orioles vs. the Mets, or the Tigers vs. the Diamondbacks, but luckily for everyone, there are not 3 games in the season but 159 left to play. Wrapping up this weekend in one blog would be hard, but I'll certainly try my best.

NL East: 1. NYM 2. WSH 3. PHI 4. MIA 5. ATL As stated above, the Mets are 3-0 and that's about it for them, but in other news:

• The Phillies lost 2/3 games to the Pirates in their opening series, once in extra innings, and today in the bottom of the 9th. The Phillies have only had one winning series against the Pirates in PNC Park since 2001, and that was in 2008 when they went on to win the World Series. The bats need to come alive, and Charlie Manuel needs to take David Herndon out.
• The hot, new Miami Marlins are making a "splash" by only wearing new uniforms. Unfortunately those feisty fish from South Beach aren't quite producing the numbers they hoped to have. After being no-hit into the 7th on Opening Night, the Marlins look to bounce back tomorrow in Philadelphia.

NL Central: 1. STL 2. CIN 3. HOU 4. PIT 5. CHC 6. MIL The division with the most teams isn't quite where I'd imagined it to be after the opening weekend:

• The Cardinals won the World Series in 2011 and aren't looking back. They lost Albert Pujols and now are saying, "Who?" Yes the Cardinals are hot right now, but coming down the stretch, you just might need a 3-time NL MVP to come through for you to win some games. Especially when Matt Holiday starts to slump or Lance Berkman possibly gets hurt.
• The BrewCrew. Where to start? Let's start with Prince Fielder hitting homeruns and RBIs for the Tigers, and then bam, we are here at a 1-2 record. Yiovani Gallardo lost to the Cardinals, and the bats are there, but just one big bat shy.

NL West: 1. ARI 2. LAD 3. COL 4. SD 5. SF In my opinion, I'd say, yeah that's about right:

• The Arizona Diamondbacks are looking to reclaim their 2011 title as the NL West division champions and with a stunning performance against the Giants, I don't think they will have any problem doing so. The Diamondbacks have the full package of starting pitching, a solid bullpen, and an offense that drives in runs. I see the D'backs at the top of the NL West at the end of the 2012 season.
• On the other side of the Diamondbacks success was the Giants failure. Tim Lincecum got ROCKED by the D'backs, doing things that he didn't do in all of 2011. He gave up two homeruns in one inning, and gave up a homerun in the first inning. The Giants finished 2nd to last in runs scored, and they need to step up their game especially if their prized rotation is not producing like before. Side note: Buster Posey is back!

AL West: 1. SEA 2. TEX 3. LAA 4. OAK The AL West certainly has possibilities for exciting baseball this year, especially with some pretty big newcomers:

• The Seattle Mariners are atop the AL West at the current moment after playing the Oakland A's for 4 games, two of which were played in Japan. Yoenis Cepedes has already hit 3 homeruns against the Mariners pitching, and yesterday's was a monster shot that traveled 465 ft. With this in mind, the Mariners will have to hope to solidify their lineup that has Ichiro now batting third.
• The Angels are off to a somewhat slow start, especially after having Jered Weaver already pitch and Albert Pujols only having 1 hit in 7 at-bats. When asked about his slow start, Albert replied that he's gone 0-3 before, and probably will do it again at some point in his career, so everyone should get off his back.

AL Central 1. DET 2. KC 3. CHW 4. CLE 5. MIN With these standings, who knows:

• With the way the Tigers are playing right now, I wouldn't be surprised if they won the World Series this year. After a blown save by Valverde on Thursday, the Tigers came back and won. After Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder both hit 2 homeruns on Saturday, the Tigers shut out the Red Sox and won. And after Miguel Cabrera tied up the game in the 9th today with a homerun, and Alex Avila hit a homer in the 11th, the Tigers won. Winning is the theme here. 
• The Twins were looking to bounce back after a subpar 2011 season. And starting off the season getting swept by the Orioles really isn't the best way to do so. What has happened to a team that has an All-Star catcher like Joe Mauer and still manages to get almost no-hit by the Orioles?

AL East 1. BAL 2. TB 3. TOR 4. BOS 5. NYY The AL East certainly has people watching but let's examine a little bit closer:

• The Orioles are notorious for starting off the season strong and then unfortunately tailing off midway through the season, or towards the end of April. This is sad to see but after sweeping the Twins, the Orioles have the bats and stellar pitching from Jason Hammel who no-hit the Twins into the 7th really shows that the Orioles have potential this year.
• The Boston Red Sox start off the season 0-3 for the second straight year. Two walk-off losses in Detroit, both of which done by poor closers has Red Sox fans wondering if they should have kept Papelbon. Bobby V is staying hopeful for the team, as is the rest of Boston, but Yankee fans everywhere are hoping for a repeat of last year's collapse. 

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