OK, so maybe the sky isn’t falling

Two weeks into the season, things have evened out a little bit, after the 2-6 start had a lot of people either looking to hand out pink slips or looking for a really tall bridge. In the immortal words of Lloyd Dobler, “you must chill!” This is not to say everything is rosy, far from it, but that is kind of my point. There are still a disturbing number of runners left on base, including more than one wasted leadoff double. Runs are at a premium. The Griffey/Sweeney DH routine is not exactly scaring anyone, yet the M’s have worked their way back to around .500. We still have yet to see Cliff Lee or Erik Bedard. Milton Bradley (who inexplicably has 5 hits, yet is tied for 2nd on the team in RBI with 8) is going to start hitting better (he is, right?....right?). Ichiro is just getting going. There are a lot of positives to look for, and I am still hopeful.