IN THE ROTATION

Baseball season begins. 162 games. 18 X 5 opponents in your own division, 12 X 6 in other divisions. Every day every month every year players come and go. What if rock n roll were to adapt this same endless rotation? Someone gets injured, he's replaced. Someone gets to old to play, he's out. Someone has a bad attitude and doesn't get along with the other players, he's out. One thing remains, the name and the fact that they're playing baseball. Hell even the name changes. The Marlins are no longer of Florida but of Miami.

What would have become of Led Zeppelin if they had replaced John Bonham when he died? My best guess is that Jimmy Page would have been next as he was hitting the substances pretty damn hard around that time. Then what we'd be left with is a bastardized version of the band with most likely only John Paul Jones left from the original line up, and Led Zeppelin -arguable the greatest band in rock n roll history- would now be a laughing matter.

KISS made it work just fine for them! Although what happens in 15 years when Paul Stanley is 75? Make-up can cover up wrinkles, it can't cover up a wheel chair.

Happy opening day everyone!

Go Mets!