Opening Day O-o-T-S

[Frayed Knot]

* Braves hang a 4-spot on Lowe and the Dodgers coutesy of an Adam LoRoche 3R HR - lead 4-0 after 2

* Cards putting a 13-1 thumping on the Phils - still just in the 5th

* BoSox w/Schilling up 6-2 in Texas in the 7th

* Cubbies all over the Reds 12-6

[Guest Rotblatt]

Damn you and your unbolded typing, Frayed.

Sox-Rangers
Curt is resembling his old self more and more, gettin' in done in Arlington.
6 IP, 5 H, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 2 ER

Ortiz continues to rake--3-4, 2B, HR. 3 RBI.

Sox up 6-2 bottom 7th with Curt still going at 'em.

Cards-Phillies
Cards are whomping the Phillies. Pujols with 2 HR, Miles a HR short of the cycle and 5 innings to try. Carpenter's been solid, with 4 innings under his belt. 6 H, 1 ER, 3 K, 1 HR.

13-1 St. Louis in the bottom of the fifth

Church of Larry-Dodgers
DLowe getting knocked around the Larry's. Giles is 2-2 & LaRoche hit a 3-run shot.

4-0 Atlanta in bottom of the second

[Guest Edgy DC]

Dueling OoTSes. I love it. I'll kill mine and add my crap to this one.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Atlanta up 4-0 after one on the Dodgers and Derek "the Philanderer" Lowe. The Benson Bunch is a seedy lot.

Philadelphia, Dickshot's pick to rival the Mets to the line in the division chase, are down 13-1 to the Cardinals, the best team in the National League until somebody says they aren't. The Cards put up eight runs in the fourth against ill-paired Rock 'n' Roll Hall-of-Famers Lieber and Santana.

Florida plays Houston tonight at seven. And the Nationals are, you know, 0-1.

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_431148.jpgIn the American League, a bunch of teams are playing a bunch of other teams. The Orioles didn't give the opening-day start to the aforementioned Kris Benson, but that didn't stop their makeshift lineup from opening up both barrels on Scott Kazmir, who has yielded five runs in four innings and looks awful in the Rays' new sea-green hat.

Go, Sam Perlozzo!

[Willets Point]

We should've traded Glavine for Lowe while we had the chance.

(Had to be said).

[Guest Edgy DC]

In full disclosure, the O's are only up 5-4, as Rodrigo Lopez isn't doing any better than Kazzy.

[Guest Edgy DC]

6-4, as Millar drives one in against Jason Childers, who looks scantly better in the hat.

[Guest Giant Squidlike Creature]

The Squid rubbed those threads out.

[Willets Point]

Looks like the Squid scared everyone away.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Jimmy Rollins watch: 0-3 with maybe one more AB.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Oooh, s'it. Forgot about J-Roll.

[Guest sharpie]

Rollins doubles to keep the streak going.

[Guest GYC]

Larry & Co. blowing an 8-1 lead...

[Guest GYC]

GYC wrote: Larry & Co. blowing an 8-1 lead...

Spoke too soon.

[Guest SI Metman]

Welcome to San Diego Mr. Piazza.

Mikey hits an opposite field blast in his first Padres AB.

[metirish]

]Mikey hits an opposite field blast in his first Padres AB.

that's sweet for them, opposite field and all.....

[Guest Rotblatt]

Just saw the home run. Good form, Mikey.

He's got his goatee back and his hair's longer.

He added a single later--2-4 with a dinger as San Diego won in convincing fashion, 6-1.

Bonds went 1-4 with a double. Barfield with his first big league hit--a single.

[Frayed Knot]

Kazmir: 4 IP, 6 ER, 8H, 3 BB, 4 K, 3 HRs, L


Oswalt out-duels Willis for a 1-0 Astros win



Tino's debut on BB2N: I'll be kind and call him a work in progress

[metirish]

I need to ask a dumb question, lets say Kazmir flames out, what responsibility if any do the Mets have in his career?, what i mean is that if he were still with the Mets chances are that he would still be in the minors,it looks like he was rushed ot the bigs and perhaps this might ruin him.....

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Well, if we accept your premise that he was rushed and that it ruined him, wouldn't the responsibility lie with Tampa Bay?

[Frayed Knot]

Agreed. Once the Mets made a decision to trade him (enough on that) they can't NOT do it simply because they're afraid of how the new team might or might not use him. Besides, deciding that the reason he flamed out (playing along w/the assumption here) was due to too much/too soon is always kind of speculative anyway.

[metirish]

Yeah you both are right, still I feel for the kid...

[Guest Edgy DC]

Unless until he strikes out 13 in his next start.

[metirish]

True but I feel that will happen less than what happend tonight.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Barry Bonds, boooed lustily at Petco, including one fan hurling a syringe.

Let's not turn him into too sympathetic a figure just yet.

[Centerfield]

I told you that Mike's decline last year was due to Wilie's stupid facial hair rule. Look at him....goatee...opposite field HR at Petco. Need I say more.

[nymr83]

Somebody call the police...


...Andy Pettite is getting raped by the Marlins

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Nymr83 wrote: Somebody call the police... ...Andy Pettite is getting raped by the Marlins

I guess that's why he pitched so poorly today.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Mike Jacobs with a 3-run homer tonight. 1-4 with a walk.

3 HR tonight. 2 by rookies, and one by a kid under 23. I know they've been gutted, but the Marlins will still be fun to watch--they've got some talented youngsters.

[Guest SI Metman]

speaking of Jacobs, Johjima is challenging him with his second homer in 2 games.