Bill Plaschke: Dodgers' Big Three makes a big opening statement
Published in Baseball
LOS ANGELES — Welcome to — Boom! — Dodger Stadium — Bam! — for the — Pow! — home opener.
They attacked so fast. They swung so furiously. Fans could barely breathe. The St. Louis Cardinals could barely think.
When the Dodgers opened Chavez Ravine for the 2024 season Thursday afternoon, the front porch was adorned with their glittering new centerpiece, the three former MVPs who occupy the first three spots in their batting order.
Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman.
Dread, doom, destruction.
They were supposed to be intimidating, overpowering, unstoppable, and guess what?
They were. Right away. Couldn't wait. Crazy true.
On a sunny sizzle of an afternoon that began with a glitzy, cool pregame ceremony, the town's hottest new trio strikingly stole the show. They went deep twice, walked four times, hit five times, scored six times and brought a sellout crowd to its feet while bringing the Cardinals to their knees in a 7-1 victory that wasn't that close.
"The first word that comes to mind is, 'daunting,' " said manager Dave Roberts..
The Merriam Webster definition of daunting is, "Tending to overwhelm or intimidate."
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