Baseball is Back, Start Spreading the News

Its a great time to be a sports fan. Many of us are still glowing from the NCAA tournament action, the hockey playoffs are a game away, the NBA season is getting down to the wire, and oh yea, baseball is back.

I know this forum is supposed to be about college sports, but there aren't many of those going on these days, so I hope you don't mind if I write a little about the pros.

With that being said, it is an interesting time to be a yankee fan, my team. The yanks start CC Sabathia on the mound this weekend against James Shields on opening day in Tampa. The Yankees have picked up a couple of new pitchers, in Micheal Pineda from Seattle and Hiroki Kuroda from the Dodgers. Kuroda is set to start the second game of the series while Pineda is currently on the DL.

On paper, this looks like one of the Yankees strongest starting five in years, with Ivan Nova, Phil Hughes, and Freddy Garcia also in the starting five. It'll be interesting to see if they can deliver. The yankees have been known for choking with great talent.

Lastly, this could very well be closer and my favorite yankee since Bernie Williams, Mariano Rivera's last season. Lets hope they get one more for him.