When last the Cajuns were in New York, they were walking off the Polo Grounds
field, heads down, as Gabe Kapler had just eliminated them from the playoffs
with an extra inning homerun in the deciding game 5.

Well, the Cajuns were back, but now they are from Boston (and how bad is your
curse when you decide moving TO Boston will help end a curse? But I
digress...)
An SRO crowd came to see Opening Day at the Polo Grounds, where the big
highlight was the raising of the Lisa Marie Division Champion banner.

And it was all downhill from there. And by 'downhill", I mean "Down by 11
after 4 innnings".

Top of the first, and Doughnut strater Livan Hernandez retires the first 2
Cajuns easily. Renteria then singled and stole 2nd. New York manager Mel Hall
decided to walk Bernie Williams to get a righty-righty matchup with Scott
Rolen. And since I'm writing about it, you don't need to be Miss Cleo to know
what happens next. Rolen smacks a 3 run humer, and Boston was on their way to
the rout.

New York tried to mount a comeback in the 7th, but their 5 run inning came up
just 7 runs short.

Scott Rolen led the way for Boston..he had 2 homers and 6 RBI's. But then,
who didn't?

April 5
Boston 304 400 101 - 13 19 0
New York 000 000 500 - 5 9 0

Ragin Cajuns info:
Pitching: Glavine 7 (W), Stewart 2
Catching: Schneider 9
HR:Rolen 2, Timo Perez, BWilliams
Injuries/Susupensions: none
Limits: Roberts 4 abR, 1 abL; Chavez (A)

Doughnuts info:
Pitching: LHernandez 3, Silva 4, Haney 2
Catching: Lopez 9
HR:none
Injuries/Suspensions: none
Limits: none

Game 2 of the series brought New York ace Randy Johnson to the hill,
after getting whipped in his first start. He gave up just 2 runs in his 8
innings of work, but as will be the case a lot this season, the Doughnuts
could not match that, scoring just once in the first 7. And with 2 outs, a
runner on 1st, and Palmiero up vs a lefty in the New York 8th, there wasn't
much hope of tying it up. But Palmiero got a huge hit, doubling in Joe
McEwing (pinch running for the pinch hitter Mike Hampton), and we were tied
at 2!
New York brought in closer Jose Mesa in the 9th, now pitching in a tie,
and not the 2-1 defecit he was warming up for. However, a hit by pitch,
single, walk, and sac fly got the winning run across for Boston. It wasn't
supposed to be this way Smithers, it wasn't supposed to be this way at all...

April 6
Boston 100 010 001 - 3 10 2
New York 100 000 010 - 2 6 1

Ragin Cajuns info:
Pitchung: Meadows 5, Kline 2, Stewart .2, Gagne 1.1 (W)
Catching: Schneider 9
HR: none
Injuries/Suspensions: none
Limits: Chavez (A) 1 abL, 1 abR; Franco 1 abR

Doughnuts info:
Pitching: Johnson 8, Mesa 1 (L)
Catching: Lopez 4, Barajas 5
HR:
Injuries/Suspensions: JLopez 3
Limits: none

Boston came into game 3 with brooms in hand, and Josh Fogg on the mound,
facing Jason Simontacchi of New York. Simontacchi got the first 3 outs rather
easily..but getting the 4h out proved a bit tricky. And before the 6th out of
the game was recorded, Boston had plated 5 runs.
New York got 3 runs in the late innings to make this respectable, but that
still left them 2 runs short.
The Doughnuts are now 1-5, and 3 of those are either 1 run losses, or
losses via walk off homer. And the next team that gets to take advantage of
the ineptitude is Mudville, while the Cajuns host Carolina.

April 7
Boston 050 000 000 - 5 8 0
New York 000 000 210 - 3 8 2

Ragin Cajuns info:
Pitching: Fogg7, Kline .2, Day .1, Gagne 1
Catching: Schneider 9
HR: none
Injuries/Suspensions: none
Limits: Chavez (A) 3 abR; Roberts 1 abR; Franco 2 abR

Doughnuts info:
Pitching: Simontacchi 5, Haney 2, Holmes 2
Catching: Barajas 9
HR: none
Injuries/Suspensions: none
Limits: none