Joe Versus the Volcano.

Honestly? It's good of the pitching staff to make it clear exactly how they plan for the season to play out. No false hope. Just a team that is really really bad at baseball. As a spectator, one can choose to entertain oneself in a different way this summer.

For example, one can watch this video of Jackie Bradley Jr. taking a helicopter ride:

Reality Bites.

Maybe you woke up this morning and thought, "Woo Hoo! It's Opening Day! How exciting! Chris Sale!" (Me? Inexplicably, I woke up with Flagpole Sitta running through my head. Extra note: I just learned that they didn't put him in a hospital for nerds as I had assumed for the last twenty-ish years.)

That would have been misplaced enthusiasm. This sucks.

Maybe, Sale wasn't exaggerating when he repeatedly gave all the credit for his performance in Boston to Sandy. Let's hope he gets it together.