Okay, I'm missing context of something he's said or done off the field? All I know is on the baseball field he's a 1st ballot HOF pitcher. The old guard of him, Verlander, Scherzer, Grienke, are disappearing every year.
Opening day is great... the real opening day with multiple games being played all day. Not the one game that's played 3-7 days ahead of time.
October has MLB playoffs, NFL/college football settled into their schedules, NBA and NHL starting their seasons, and WNBA playoffs if you're into that.
Yankees develop a stud pitcher starting the year in AA, now starting in an elimination game. Just a little bit better than our once fast rising superstar Randy Dobnak starting an elimination game