after the boys of summer have gone welcome back to morning joe. it is opening day of the 2013 baseball season. with us now from the gam cam in cape cod, massachusetts. i think we just made that up. peter gammons and here on the set with us is chris russo who has his own series on sirius radio. peter, at 1:00 this afternoon, cc sabathia and jon lester at yankees stadium. talk red sox and yankees fans off a ledge this season because it doesn t look good going? it s a narrow ledge. what is fascinating, detroit, washington, cincinnati and atlanta and the west coast teams, no mention of the red sox and yankees after a decade of almost boredom of boarding the
welcome back to morning joe. 6:38 in the morning. joining us now to talk baseball on this, the last day of the regular season, mlb network baseball analyst peter gammons from the gam cam. peter, good morning. good morning, willie. it s good to see you. you know, we re sorting through this playoff race here. i guess we can start with what they want to talk about in washington where a lot of people are talking about, the nationals and orioles. orioles may not win this division, but what an incredible pair of stories. it is. i mean, the fact that washington hasn t had a postseason since 1933 speaks for itself. three franchises in all those years. and the orioles coming and they haven t had a winning season since 97. they had the worst record in the american league east last year. and here they go on the final day, they re playing tampa bay tonight. i mean, if they win, the yankees lose, they end up in a tie.
end up in the world series. you hear that? if they haven t overused their bull pen, i think they can make it because their lineup is just now starting to get going. and even though their average age is 61 years old. it s going to be a great story. older than i am. it s going to be a great story. well, the yankees and a s will be like a father/son game. that s exactly right. very good, peter. that s exactly right. peter gammons in cape cod from the gam cam, peter, thanks so much. we hope to talk to you more throughout the playoffs. thanks a lot. all right, peter, see you. you can see mlb playoff games live on mlb network. bob bowman. bob bowman getting it done. we ll be right back with mika s must-read opinion pages.