The Dodgers will play the San Diego Padres this afternoon at 5:00 PM to officially open the 2014 Major League baseball season.  While the Dodgers have the largest payroll of any major league team, ESPN writers are picking the St. Louis Cardinals or Washington Nationals to win the World Series.  We will have to see.

The Dodgers' hopes will rest on how healthy the team can stay.  Dodger starting picture Clayton Kershaw has just been put on the disabled list to start the season. Let's hope this isn't a omen of things to come. I have several Dodger players on my fantasy team this year, including Yesiel Puig, Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Zack Greinke, and Hyun-Jin Ryu.

The Dodger game tonight is scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN.  Let's hope it's not blacked out by the greedy bastard Dodger owners because of their new greedy bastard TV network.   Just saying!!