Five Things We Learned on Opening Day About The LA Angels

MILWAUKEE – JUNE 6: Broadcaster Bob Uecker announces a game between the Chicago Cubs and the Milwaukee Brewers on June 6, 2007 at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Cubs defeated the Brewers 6-2. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

“A lotta people say” declared the great Harry Doyle, “you can tell how the season’s gonna go by the first hitter of the year.” For the LA Angels it may take a little longer to figure out.

So, what can we say about the LA Angels’ Opening Day?

First batters, first pitches, first games; human beings instinctively take every first has an omen for what’s to come. We just can’t help it. The future is a turbulent, uncertain ocean, and so we look for safe harbor in the certainty of the present. Here are the five things we learned on Opening Day:

“A lotta people say” declared the great Harry Doyle, “you can tell how the season’s gonna go by the first hitter of the year.” For the LA Angels it may take a little longer to figure out.

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