The Opening Day Thread

[wolfandwhisky]

Happy Opening Day!

What is everyone smoking today? Which game(s) are you watching?

Go Mariners! FTW! (Lee on the disabled list? Why? Maybe it is because his shoulder is pushing the ball to the side of home plate... in the general vicinity of the batter's box?)

[kelmac07]

Oh yeah...finally, Opening Day is here. :tu Everyone is in first place today...except the Yankees. :r :r

[PeteSB75]

Oh yeah...finally, Opening Day is here. :tu Everyone is in first place today...except the Yankees.

Yankees and the Giants. But mostly the Yankees :tu:tu

[Darrell]

I'll be watching SF vs. HOU, Saturday is the parks official "opening day", I'll be there. Their are going to be fireworks and a Cy Young presentation. :tu

[shilala]

I haven't picked a game yet. I'll see what's on. I'll probably watch the Pirates.

[Starscream]

Cards at Reds. Go Reds!:wo:wo

[PeteSB75]

Yankees and the Giants. But mostly the Yankees :tu:tu

Ah, nm. Looks like the mariners/giants was a cactus league game. It's just the yankees :tu

[Tombstone]

I can't wait to see the opening day pitch.

[Tombstone]

He throws like a girl.
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[shilala]

I picked the Mets/Marlins. Damned good game, but the Marlins forgot to show up. They're having a hideous defensive game. Nice to see the Mets kicking ass though. :tu

[MiamiE]

Marlins look like crap!

[icehog3]

I'll be watching SF vs. HOU, Saturday is the parks official "opening day", I'll be there. Their are going to be fireworks and a Cy Young presentation. :tu

Whoa! And I thought Cy Young was dead! :)

[shilala]

Now it's Cubs/Braves. Just turned it on and it's sloppy already. Looks like I can get three ballgames in today. :D
Wait...
There's a 7:00 game and two 10:00 games. I might be able to catch four games today. The cool thing is that I can do whatever I want and drag the game with me. The games look freakin awesome on the ipad. I'm surprised mlb.tv doesn't suck. I really didn't expect much and never imagined it'd be this good. :tu

[St. Lou Stu]

Good day for my Cards.
Pujols w/ a 2 HR, 3RBI performance, Carp was lights out (OK, good enough), Yadi finishes off the game with an 'insurance' Grand Slam.
11-6, ahhhhhh.

[shilala]

Jason Heyward just stroked a three run shot for Atlanta.
His first major league at bat, against Carlos Zambrano. The kid must be walking on a cloud. His Mom and Dad were there to see it, too. :tu

[shilala]

Good day for my Cards.
Pujols w/ a 2 HR, 3RBI performance, Carp was lights out (OK, good enough), Yadi finishes off the game with an 'insurance' Grand Slam.
11-6, ahhhhhh.
I have Albert in Fantasy Baseball. 10 total bases and 4 runs and 3 rbi's ain't a bad first game. Sure made me happy. The man is a machine, no doubt.
Imagine how he'd hit if he was on the juice? :)

[SouthernSmoke]

If you're not watching the Braves/Cubs game, you'll kick yourself. The Braves are looking very solid offensively.

[MiamiE]

Braves look nasty!

[kelmac07]

Braves look damn good...look out Phillies. And the Mets win. :tu

[wolfandwhisky]

AZ is rocking SD... kind of like a triple A team beating up on a single A team... zing! :=:

Drew hit a dinger, which is good to see him get off to a nice start.

I feel like I need to get an MLB package as I can't see the Mariners play today... who wants to cover an Oakland home game? zing again! :=: ...en fuego!

[Gonesledn]

my White Sox did nice today... and a killer play by Buehrle

[gnbikes]

Mariner's at Oakland for me tonight. We'll pick up some hotdogs to have for dinner on the way home.
Garry

[Starscream]

Has anyone else had trouble accessing mlb.com?

[wolfandwhisky]

Mariner's at Oakland for me tonight. We'll pick up some hotdogs to have for dinner on the way home.
Garry

Awesome - go Mariners! I'm watching the Houston/SF game now. Lincecum is sharp... tried to pick him up on the fantasy team, no luck, also Kershaw with no luck.

But, ended up with Cliff Lee and Felix the Cat (again, Go Mariners!), Strasburg, and then a couple of decent pitchers to round it out.

I need Lee to get back in and Strasburg to come up... and it could be a good season. Bats need some improvement though - maybe for next season... although Rasmus had a good start.

[shilala]

I managed to get three games in today and a Padron 80th maduro.
Not a bad day. :tu
I'm gonna grab a shower and fall asleep watching game number four. :)

[St. Lou Stu]

DirecTvers.... don't forget Extra Innings is free this week if you do not subscribe

[Darrell]

A nice opening day game for the Giants. :tu

[ChicagoWhiteSox]

:D

Great day for Chicago! White Sox that is. Hopefully they can have a good year.

[jmsremax]

had an oliva master blends yesterday before the red sox opener....what a game!

[VirtualSmitty]

Yesterday I watched the Yanks lose a tough game, today I watched the Phillies just destroy the Nats. Also watched the Tigers beat the Royals. Fun day, already ordered the season package so i'll be getting 80 games a week :D

[ChicagoWhiteSox]

Yesterday I watched the Yanks lose a tough game, today I watched the Phillies just destroy the Nats. Also watched the Tigers beat the Royals. Fun day, already ordered the season package so i'll be getting 80 games a week :D

Didn't watch the White Sox?:su

[VirtualSmitty]

Didn't watch the White Sox?:su

I would have liked to, but I only had that free trial and my choices were limited. I will be as of tomorrow, I think it should kick in by then. Can't wait to see some central division games, gonna be some good close baseball I think. Saw the highlights of the game, Buehlre looked really good.

Today actually worked out, saw a bunch of ex yanks in action. Got to see Bruney pitch with the Nats, and saw Damon and Jackson in action with the Tigers.

[icehog3]

Also watched the Tigers beat the Royals.

:wo

[wolfandwhisky]

Kotchman rules! Go Seattle!

[wolfandwhisky]

Woo hoo! Mariner Victory! With 4 Oakland errors it may have not been a pretty win, but it was a win nonetheless...

[Starscream]

Despite the Reds losing, it was a good opening day all around.

[shilala]

I'm just now catching the condensed game from Sunday where the Sox paddled the Yanks. The Yanks were really bringing it for the first 5. I'm excited to see how they managed to lose. My guess is that they relied too heavy on their pitching to do what they're supposed to.
I haven't looked at the pitching changes the Yanks made in the offseason. It's tough to bring all the same pitching back the next year with the level of talent they play against. Not sure if that's the case, but I'm gonna find out. :tu