This first week of the baseball season portends an entertaining summer ahead. Daisuke Matsuzaka of the Bo Sox draws a cadre of more than 100 Japanese journalists to every move he makes. Daisuke threw some sensational stuff through spring training and now it's going to be fun for us to follow his every move, too. Alex Rodriguez goes into the season with a feisty determination to prove himself a hero to Yankees fans, rather than continue as their whipping boy. Charismatic Lou Piniella and five-time All-Star Alfonso Soriano just might lift the long-suffering Cubbies out of baseball's basement. And, once Barry Bonds knocks in a few homers, the dramatic countdown toward Hank Aaron's all-time record will go on the clock...
