Randy Wolf (The New Dodgers Ace) from Dodgers.com

So the Dodgers played the Giants today in Arizona.  It was the first Dodgers/Giants “Regular Spring Training” game as part of the cactus league.  In the spirit of David Letterman, here are the top 10 things I learned:

10.  Man it’s good to have baseball again.  It’s been too long thinking about Manny (even though he came up again and again in the game) and not listening to the crack of the bat.

9.  Who’s playing center field now?  I listened to Jon MIller (Giant’s radio station) and even he had trouble naming all the new players switching in and out of the game.  Got to love spring training where most of the names are new and you never know who just subbed in.

8.  Jon Miller interviewed Henry Schulman (Writer for the San Francisco Chronicle) during the broadcast and I liked what he had to say.  He was talking about the rivalry and that even though this was a nothing game that the fans still get into it.  He was saying that he could really see it in the players too that there was a greater energy going into the game.  There is something deeper to this rivalry, and I hope it never leaves.  I really like that the players get into it too.

7.  The Dodgers can finally hit Sergio Romo.  (See previous post)  They lit him up today.

6.  Delwyn Young needs to take more fly balls.

5.  Jonathan Broxton still has me worried as a closer…unless they just sit him when he plays the Giants.  They just continue to light him up.  He got out of the inning, but not without a run, and not without striking fear as to how bad the Giants may beat him later this year.

4.  Randy Wolf may be well worth his asking price.  Who knew he could become the ace!?

3.  Russell Martin is still a stud.  Here’s hoping he can hit the second half, but he is definitely still my current favorite.

2.  Never heard of Valentino Pascucci before today, but I hope we keep hearing about him.  He launched a homerun, and he has the coolest name of any Dodger in years.

1.  The Dodgers are still better than the Giants and proved it by the final score.  Ahh, I love living in this area when the Dodgers are obviously better and every Giants fan knows it.

Too bad it isn’t a 3 game series…

Sergio Romo on MLB.com

So my sister Erin and her husband Bryan work at Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Co.  Last year at the beginning of the year, they were talking about this guy Sergio Romo who they knew from Mesa who was now in the Giant’s organization.  They said he was a good guy, and since I lived in Giant’s territory, they said to look for him.  They also said that he was a neat story because his folks worked in the fields down in So. Cal.  It was his goal to make the majors, but to also make enough to get them out of the fields.  Cool story, and I couldn’t help but root for him, despite playing for the Giants.

Now that the year is down, I can say that the guy is a stud.  The one team he consistently shut down was the Dodgers.  He was lights out against them.  I dreaded when he was brought in because I knew he would shut down the blue crew.

This article was on the Giant’s website and gives a cool interview with Romo.  Good luck this year Sergio.