GM's OFFICE: Brent & Ray's Opening Day diary, 2020 edition

For the third straight year, Brent and I resolved to get our eyes on all 30 teams for at least some segment of their first game of the season. Brent even drew up a schedule for us! Over some 28 hours across Thursday evening and Friday afternoon/evening, we just kept an open chat channel where we shared our observations as this sprint season got underway.

THURSDAY

Brent  [6:58 PM]

Man a guy gets dinner and all hell breaks loose … playoffs, Soto, Kershaw. Jeezy

Ray  [7:02 PM]

No shortage of things to chat about!

Brent  [7:05 PM]

I’m really, really not a fan of all those playoff teams … but, given what we’ve been through and we’re moments away from first pitch, I’ll live with it

Ray  [7:16 PM]

Same here. One step closer to NHL-ization of...

Almost!

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