Game 1 - I waited all winter for that?

“Look, tonight, the decisions didn’t work out in our favor. But I’m very confident that over a long period of time that they will.” - Phillies manager Gabe Kapler, after watching his team lose when every one of his in-game pitching decisions backfired.

And he mentioned confidence. What about Aaron Nola's confidence after being pulled after just 68 pitches and allowing just three hits with one out in the 6th inning? Apparently, Nola wasn't on a pitch count and he wanted to stay in the game. But Kapler didn't trust him against Freddie Freeman, even though Kapler called his effort "spectacular." And that move completely changed the momentum of the game. The Braves had done nothing against Nola. They had to be thrilled to see him leave the game. And they were, winning on Nick Markakis' walk-off 3-run HR in the bottom of the 9th.

“You just want to go as long as you can. When you’re a competitor, you feel like you can get guys out in any situation in any part of the game. I had a good bit left,” Nola told reporters after the game.

Look, I know it's only one game out of 162, but we waited all damn winter for this. And to see it fall apart so quickly was just so reminiscent of the baseball that we've been subjected to over the last 5 or 6 years.

Maybe Kapler was nervous in his big league managerial debut and managed too much. We'll see what happens. But man, what a disappointing start.