Houston Astros en el Opening day

Como ya sabemos ayer 31 de Marzo se dio inicio a la temporada 2013 del beisbol de Grandes Ligas.
Este juego inaugural fue disputado entre los Texas Rangers y los Houston Astros en el Minute Maid Park ante un poco mas de 40.000 aficionados, en lo que marco el primer encuentro de los siderales como integrantes de la Liga Americana.
Debutaron con victoria 8 carreras por 2.
Muy pocos esperaban que Houston abriera la temporada con esta victora, que por cierto, es la numero 4,000 en la historia de la franquicia, pues la baja nomina que presentan unida a la falta de nombres representativos o importantes hace que las espectativas con este equipo sean extremadamente bajas. Pero
Hay que decir que el beisbol que mostraron anoche fue decente, con un pitcher abridor que trabajo los 5 innings reglamentarios para adjudicarse la victoria en los que solamente permitio dos carreras, Un Jose Altuve que conecto dos sencillos (primer hit de la franquicia en la Liga Americana) e impulso una carrera, un jardinero central (Justin Maxwell) que jugo con chispa beisbolistica, mostrando grandes dotes atleticos y defensivos, Un Rick Ankiel que destrozo una slider que Derek Lowe estaba lanzando en exceso, la mayor parte de la ofensiva tomando buenos turnos, y un Manager que ha mostrado ser un gran motivador, inyectandole amor por el equipo a sus jugadores en los meetings de club house, entrevistas a la prensa, y durante el juego con gestos y acciones como reclamarle o pedir explicaciones a los arbitros para demostrarle a sus muchachos que el esta ahi para pelear y competir; Algunos podran decir "fue solo un juego" y tienen razon, pero a mi me gusto lo que vi ayer en el terreno por parte de los Astros, y aunque seguramente no lograran clasificar a post-temporada, van a pelear los partidos y probablemente logren una cantidad de victorias mayor a la que de ellos se espera.

Off-season

 


We have just seen a 7 game world series between the AL west champion and NL wild card.
It was a good one, they offered us a series with ups and downs, with great plays and horrible plays, full of strategy, and heroes people did not see coming. All those things when mixed make beasball the best sport

Congratulations St. Louis Cardinals.


 

Now the off-season has begun, the winter is around the corner in the US, and fans from all around the world are making movements in their minds, the movements they think are the most convenient for their teams, they are making trades, contract extensions and also signing and releasing players. All those things are valid, but everybody will be turning to the newspaper, TV, and internet to know how the real negotiations are going, we will have to wait until the spring to know  the results, to know the new rosters, and the destiny of our favorite players.

Albert Pujols is the most wanted free agent at this moment, and we are all waiting for his desicion, "where is he going to play in years to come...?

Some of us will watch and get involved in Latin American Baseball, which by the way is Great! some other rather watch the NFL, the NBA is gone for now but everybody wishes it comes back as soon as posible...

anyway it's time for MLB players to rest, well... for some of them because we're gonna see a few playing winter baseball this year.

Spring Trainning

 
So the Spring Trainning has begun, this is the moment when the all the W-L Counters are at zero, the moment when every team has a chance to win it all, everyone is going to the fields at Arizona and Florida to get ready for the new season; Some players are trying to make an MLB team for the first time, others have been there for awhile and already have their spot in the roster, others are getting a new chance to come back to the majors after a while playing in other leagues; There are players wearing new uniforms, some were traded, some signed as free agents, some don't even have a contract yet, some are trying to raise numbers they had last season, others just want to keep them up, some are going for milestones to get a place in baseball history, some are still recovering from injuries and will start the season later, and for some players this is going to be the last one.
Whatever the case is, all the baseball fans and people from the baseball media are making their predictions and analisis about what's coming for the next months in baseball.

So, what are your expectations? what's your favorite team? how far will they go?