What a Weekend -- Dodgers, Dodgers and Opening Day

LOS ANGELES -- There's not much more you can add to make the Dodgers/Red Sox series mo' betta' than people already think it was, but I can add a few thoughts from Friday's game at Dodger Stadium -- a.k.a. the first day of Canter's Deli @ the old ballyard.

Top 5 --



1. The Most Sensual of the Salted-Cured Meats: I had a dream you could buy your way to heaven, I woke up and spent it on a sandwich. $11. A pastrami sandwich at the ballpark? And it's a good one? Holy moly. Holy flippin' moly. I mean it was great. Quick service in the new widened aisles on the field level concourse only make this sam-itch all the more shmobviously obvs as top eatins at the ballpark. It's wrapped in foil, it's fresh, it's great.



2. Blake DeWitt: This guy was the absolute worst-case scenerio at 3rd for the Dodgies this spring and will likely start (I think that's still the case.) The good news is, he looks like he can seriously play. On Friday, he started a couple double-plays and made a sweet toss to 1st on another fielder's choice. He got solid contact each time up. On Saturday, he got an error that would have ended the inning only to lead to two runs scoring. Ah well. Still, a great look for a guy who has no business playing in the bigs at this stage of his career. Good luck, Blake.



3. Fonzie and the Cuz: Another top notch performance for the umps, with three alums of Ump Camp 2006 in the Friday game including Alfonso Marquez (72) and Derryl Cousins (13). "Fonzie" was in the crew of the 2006 WS and is an absolute clubhouse favorite among the Ump fraternity. And Cousins is a veteran who (literally) can call plays at first with his back turned. "It's all sounds you'll find. It's all about the sound and that's how close plays get called."

4. New Parking Deal: I got in and out of the Dodger Stadium parking mangle in record time. Parked in 10 minutes and was out in less than 5. Great new set up in my opinion. Holla.

5. Vin Scully on a Transistor Radio: Guy behind us had a little radio, just like I used to remember with Ernie Harwell at Tiger Stadium. Listenting to him on Friday and then on Saturday doing the 115K game from the Coliseum was just another reminder of how much a great announcer can add to this rockingly beautiful game.