Opening Day 2010!!

Ah, yes! Baseball is back in town!

Sunday Night, April 4th was the first game of the 2010 season as the New York Yankees visited the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, MA. Like any other season, there are predictions for comeback players, winners, losers and every fan believes their own team has the best chance to make it to the playoffs.

But what changes are there to the 2010 season. Let's take a look at some changes and upgrades occurring this season in Major League Baseball.

1. Southwest Airlines is now the official airline for the Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, and Texas Rangers. To commemorate the partnership, Southwest is giving Phillie and Oriole fans a chance to get 10% off their airfare is booked in the month of April!

2. Citifield adds new dining options. Although there's no HGH Hamburgers, Citifield is offering some new dietary options for its fans. Local favorites such as the Shake Shack, Nathan's, Brooklyn Burger, The Original Cascarino's, and Mama's of Corona highlight the options for mets fans!

Back in the Forefront

In an article written by Buster Olney of ESPN.com, he describes how Major League Baseball will begin testing for HGH (human growth hormones) in its minor leagues.

This can potentially lead to HGH testing in the major leagues sooner or later. In the past, commissioner Bud Selig (photo above)has used the minor leagues as sort of a guinea pig to test out his plans that he hopes to implement on the major leagues. Selig has been very consistent with his outlook and strategy to rid the game of as many performance enhancing drugs that he is able to. He has been very visible and has not hid his opinions on the matter of this crisis the MLB is continuing to deal with.

It seems like every other month superstars of the game, both current and past are coming out admitting to using these performance enhancing drugs...we'll take a closer look at these players and the media they attracted to the sport.