Wasn’t Leyland’s reasoning that he wanted to match up more righties against the Jays while keeping the left/right alternation that worked so well last year? I understand the tradition of honoring one’s best pitcher with the opening day start, but I personally prefer playing the percentages to try to win as many games as possible. I guess we can debate whether this really does anything to accomplish that. It’s a small thing but sends a good messgae to the team about what’s really important. Of course Kenny Rogers understands the big picture and couldn’t care less whether he starts opening day or not.