TWiB Notes -- Opening Week (Mar 28-31)

[Frayed Knot]

'In our sundown perambulations of late through the outer parts of Brooklyn, we have observed several parties of youngsters playing 'base', a particular game of ball ...

Let us go forth awhile and get better air into our lungs. Let us leave our close rooms ... the game of ball is glorious.' -- Walt Whitman, 1839





So even though the two games played in Japan last week means that we're already down to just 2,428 games remaining in the season,

we all know that Thursday is the real Opening Day



All times EDT:



Mets @ Washington - 1:05

Orioles @ Yankees - 1:05 -- Wonder if the Yanx will rush to make sure that theirs is the first pitch of the day. Sounds to me like something they'd do.

Cardinals @ Brewers - 2:10

Braves @ Phillies - 3:05 -- countdown to Harper being booed by the home folks: three ... two ...

Tigers @ Blue Jays - 3:37

Astros @ Rays - 4:00

Cubs @ Rangers - 4:05

Angels @ A's - 4:07 -- already 0-2, I think if Oakland loses this one they'll be mathematically eliminated

Pirates @ Reds - 4:10 -- Y'know, you can't delay your start until past 4 in the afternoon and also complain that you don't get the honor of the first start anymore

Giants @ Padres - 4:10

Rockies @ Marlins - 4:10

Indians @ Twins - 4:10

Diamondbacks @ Dodgers - 4:10

White Sox @ Royals - 4:15

Red Sox @ Mariners - 7:10

[Fman99]

I'm pretty damn excited.

[Frayed Knot]

In a rare opening day eve deal, the Blue Jays trade DH/1B Kendrys Morales to Oakland for a couple of young'uns.

[Frayed Knot]

McCutcheon matches Cano with a HR in his first AB for his new team. First batter faced today by Julio Teheran

Harper GO'd in his initial Philly AB



1-0 Phils early

[Ceetar]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2xMWw4XcAA8SOD.jpg:large>



Harper's cleats though, A+

[Frayed Knot]

=Ceetar post_id=5486 time=1553801384 user_id=102]Harper's cleats though, A+

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: =Ceetar post_id=5486 time=1553801384 user_id=102]Harper's cleats though, A+

That's debatable.

[Edgy MD]

That's not really a good pantone color match with Phanatic green, though, is it?



It seems more like Céspedes canary sleeve green.

[Frayed Knot]

Yanx win their opener vs Baltimore, 7-2

Not sure when the pin-stripers are scheduled to play their first Major League game.

[Zvon]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2xMWw4XcAA8SOD.jpg:large> Harper's cleats though, A+

Is that what that was? Even more tacky, lol. Nah, it's "cute". In a tacky kinda way.

[Zvon]

3-1 Phils. 5th



Jimmy Rollins is yakin' and he didn't say anything about the Phils being better than the Mets.

[Frayed Knot]

Harper got his phirst Philly HR (and curtain call) on Saturday. A solo shot in the 7th which upped the Phils' lead to 3-runs

The phightin's have taken the first two from the rather sloppy-looking Braves

[Chad ochoseis]

And the Phanatic wore sneakers with Bryce Harper's image. Credit where due. It was a cute idea. I'm in the phase where I miss baseball enough to load up on MLB.tv. I watched bits and pieces of the Braves-Phils and rooted for them both to lose. Didn't happen.



In the AL Central, the odds-on favorite Tribe has scored two runs in 18 innings, one on a Hanley Ramirez home run and the other on a single, two wild pitches, and a sac fly. Corey Kluber may become this year's Jacob DeGrom.

[Frayed Knot]

Yanx wind up losing two straight to the Orioles after their opening day win. And you know they're counting on going at least 15-4 vs Bal'mer this season or something like that.

That today's game took them over 7 hours between rain delays and a really slow game only makes today's loss better, as does Tulowitski K'ing to end the game with the tying runs on.



Of course it helps them that the other supposed powerhouses in the AL didn't have good weekends either:

- Houston went 1-3 (vs TBR); Boston also starts 1-3 (SEA); and Cleveland 1-2 (Twins)

[Frayed Knot]

At least one report is billing him as baseball first "21st Century player", which he actually isn't but Blue Jays reliever Elvis Luciano made his ML debut on Sunday which bears noting because he was born

on February 15th of 2000, the first player NOT to be born in either the 18__'s or 19__'s and reach the major leagues.

The first true 21st century player will be born in 2001 or later but we could be within a year of seeing that at this point.

[Edgy MD]

Ichiro Suzuki was born in the 22nd century. I'm not sure how that can be true, but it nonetheless is.

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: - Houston went 1-3 (vs TBR); Boston also starts 1-3 (SEA); and Cleveland 1-2 (Twins)

The Boston starters got tortured. I think I heard (its CT, tv, they give us a lot of Sawks news, but I don't pay much attention) that they set a record by each giving up three home runs in three consecutive games. I didn't care enough to check it out, though.



Later

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: Ichiro Suzuki was born in the 22nd century. I'm not sure how that can be true, but it nonetheless is.

time zones are weird man.