Opening Day OOTS

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Tigers fans here in the newsroom are distraught.

[Guest Triple Dee]

DocTee wrote: On edit: Fukudome's debut: 3-3 with a walk, HR, Run scored and 3 RBI

With that line, you can almost call him a rich man's Carlos Beltran.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

CarGo is 2-for-2 for the Twins -- double in his first AB and just laid down a fresh bunt single.

[metirish]

Saw his first inning double, he had thoughts of stretching it into a triple.

[Guest AG/DC]

We traded CarGo?

[TransMonk]

Glavine looks like Glavine. 5 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K.

Maybe it's my bias, but all of a sudden it looks like he's getting that corner again that he (we) always bitched that he never got in New York.

I have a feeling the Braves' less than stellar defense up the middle is going to expose Glavine a little more than he's used to.

They don't look very impressive to me. Why are the Braves the designer pick to win it all this year? They look like the same team they were last year, only their defense is worse. Where did they improve?

[stevejrogers]

TransMonk wrote: They don't look very impressive to me. Why are the Braves the designer pick to win it all this year? They look like the same team they were last year, only their defense is worse.

Glavine's influence on the young hurlers, a full year of Teixiera, probably some of the trend is based on a feeling Mets and Phillies will kill each other for the division, leaving the "experience" in Atlanta to rise to the top.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Did anyone see Jack Wilson's DP play? Holy smokes, that's worth $159 right there.

[metirish]

TransMonk wrote: They don't look very impressive to me. Why are the Braves the designer pick to win it all this year? They look like the same team they were last year, only their defense is worse. Where did they improve?

I don't get it either, the Daily News last week polled their various sports writers and a few picked the Braves, Bill Madden had a gushing article about them, he's probably friends with Cox though, Eric Young on ESPN just sounded stupid trying to explain them as his pick...Steve Phillips has the Mets over the Tigers.

[TransMonk]

SteveJRogers wrote: Glavine's influence on the young hurlers, a full year of Teixiera, probably some of the trend is based on a feeling Mets and Phillies will kill each other for the division, leaving the "experience" in Atlanta to rise to the top.

Atlanta has young hurlers? The only way they could get older is if they brought back Maddux. It seems to me they have as many questions about the age and health of their rotation as we do...if not more. Their bullpen doesn't frighten me and they don't have a closer.

I have to think a full year of Teixiera is nearly used up when he compensates for Andruw's lost power and Renteria's lost average. Escobar looks like he could be really good, but I don't think they can rely on him just yet. Can McCann return to his 2006 form? Can Chipper stay healthy? Kelly Johnson and Mark Kotsay?!?

This is bullshit. ESPN can kiss my ass. Prove it to me, Bravos!

And on edit: Their defense sucks, too. Glavine will not get win # 304 as the Braves piss away another lead. Tied at 4 in the 7th.

[Valadius]

I have said it before - Jack Wilson is the ugliest man in baseball.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The X-Man gives Pittsburgh the lead.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

McLouth 3run homer, Pirates up by 4.

whoo hoo.

[Guest AG/DC]

Pirates are definitely my girlfriend this year. What's not to like?

At least until they score a momentum-changing come-from-behind win against us on a bomb by some fringey outfielder.

Edited March 31, 2008 by Guest

[Fman99]

Atlanta getting slapped around. Flush Gordon blows up. Me likee and me likee.

[Frayed Knot]

="Valadius"]ESPN basically saying that Andruw Jones got fat in the offseason.

GOT fat?
Hell, they could have said that on opening Day 2003 !!




- Fukudone did have a bit of that 'my bat's too hot to handle' on his HR ... Great debut, except they're still the Cubs!

- That Gagne signing not looking too good early on huh? Him & Wood basically played trading suck.

- Sabathia's not getting the huge deal he thinks (OK, he probably will anyway) if he keeps blowing 7-run leads he's been handed. seriously, I just used a racist word when I really meant "Guardians" won anyway, but that's a bad job. You just can't be doing that Mikey

- You wouldn't expect Verlander to cough up his lead either against the Royals.
Eh, shit happens.

- I like to think the Yankee final OD rainout is karmic payback for thinking that Reggie is the appropriate one to throw out the ceremonial 1st pitch.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Not over yet in ATL. Chipper just knocked in 2 and Texiera up as the potential winning run.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Texy pops out, and it's up to McCann vs. Capps, 2 on, 2 out, 9-7 Pirates

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

OMGWTF

[Guest themetfairy]

Bay couldn't handle a fucking pop fly? Tie game!

[metirish]

Well that was a load of bollox.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Routine pop fly to shallow leftcenter drops between Bay & McLouth, Braves tie it.

[Frayed Knot]

For all the Bay love that's gone on over the last few years - especially seeing as he was once Met property - he is a BAD outfielder (and is coming off a fairly lousy season at the plate too).

Bay's brief All-Star career might start to look a bit like that of Gibbons over in Baltimore who was once on everyone's 'must have' list but was just released even though they still owed him some $12mil.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

X-Fuckin-Man.

Wow, 3-run, opposite field hr! In the 12th!!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The ATL 'pen has now given up 10 runs but they haven't yet lost

[DocTee]

Motherfather-- two in, none out.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

This is one of those games with a will of its own.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

And the Bucs win the damn thing, 12-11

[DocTee]

And the Pirates win the damn game!

[Fman99]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: And the Bucs win the damn thing, 12-11

Wow, maybe it's better to see Atlanta climb back into the game just to lose in extras. Works for me.