Here's the thing about Opening Day-- it's like Christmas Day for baseball fans. You wake up and get to unwrap the shiny new pitcher, shiny new manager, and shiny new lineup. And this Opening Day? It was like getting socks. Ugly, too short, socks that you would never wear in a million years. That’s the kind of feeling a 7-0 shutout loss will do to you. ...

You know how you have those old, comfy slippers that at one point were the latest in slipper accessories but they started to get kind of old and ratty and full of holes and you realize that there's way better slippers out there but you just can't get rid of those slippers because they're just so comfy and they always bring warm and fuzzy memories? Well, those slippers are J.T. Snow. And you just threw them out. Because late Wednesday night the Giants announced that they were not going to offer J.T. arbitration and so bid him adieu. To replace him, the Giants are set to sign ex-Padres 1B Mark Sweeney, a player we are excited about not one whit. ...