Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling pick up right where they left off last November. Back-to-back shutouts from the dynamic duo, with the Big Unit winning 2-0 and Schilling going seven in a 9-0 victory over the Padres. Then Schilling fined himself for missing two signs on a failed sacrifice bunt in the third inning — what a competitor.

Schilling famously said during the World Series that the Yankees’ vaunted "mystique" and "aura" were mythical. They sounded like stripper names, he said. If Johnson and Schilling keep pitching like this, they’ll have to stitch "mystique" on Johnson’s back and "aura" on Schilling’s.

Before Schilling pitched, the Diamondbacks picked up their World Series rings. It had to be a sweet moment for Mark Grace. Thirteen years with the Cubs, kicked out the door and he helps win a championship in his first year. I thought the Cubs made the right move with Grace, but I was elated that he was on the D-Backs and aided their defeat of the evil, evil Yankees (26 championships, 38 pennants, 52 human sacrifices).