OOTS! March 31 2011!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Baseball season officially begins in just over two hours, with Atlanta at Washington and Detroit playing in the Bronx.

Later in the afternoon, Milwaukee at Cincinnati, Anaheim at Kansas City, San Diego at St. Louis, and tonight, San Francisco at Los Angeles.

Among today's scheduled starting pitchers is one former Met: The Nationals' Livan Hernandez. It will be either Livan or C.C. Sabathia who throws the first pitch of the season.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Baseball season officially begins in just over two hours, with Atlanta at Washington and Detroit playing in the Bronx. Later in the afternoon, Milwaukee at Cincinnati, Anaheim at Kansas City, San Diego at St. Louis, and tonight, San Francisco at Los Angeles. Among today's scheduled starting pitchers is one former Met: The Nationals' Livan Hernandez. It will be either Livan or C.C. Sabathia who throws the first pitch of the season.

This means the Mets will start the season in second place. shucks.

I'm so desperate for baseball i'm taking a late lunch and catching the beginning of the Tigers game at Houlihans.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Ceetar wrote: This means the Mets will start the season in second place. shucks.

Could be worse. But the season is long and hard. When the fates fall into the hands of the team themselves, well... drink will flow and blood will spill. That's all I have to say about that.

[Willets Point]

Edgy DC wrote: Ceetar wrote: This means the Mets will start the season in second place. shucks. Could be worse. But the season is long and hard. When the fates fall into the hands of the team themselves, well... drink will flow and blood will spill. That's all I have to say about that.

No the Mets have a game in hand MWAHAHAHAHA!

[seawolf17]

Willets Point wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Ceetar wrote: This means the Mets will start the season in second place. shucks. Could be worse. But the season is long and hard. When the fates fall into the hands of the team themselves, well... drink will flow and blood will spill. That's all I have to say about that. No the Mets have a game in hand MWAHAHAHAHA!

Exactly. It means that another team is already behind them, too.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I'm excited over how much the MFYs are gonna suck this year. I mean, they have Luis Ayala, Gustavo Molina and Fredy Garcia on their roster. Posada is way too old and unhappy being a DH. Jeter is coming off his worst year and is old, Granderson's hurt, Swisher and Gardner won't even smell last season's success, Texiera is a robotic douchebag, A-Rod's a total fraud, the pitching staff is loaded with aging and obese dickwads, they had a really shitty offseason and teams like Boston and Baltimore are getting better.

[Ceetar]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm excited over how much the MFYs are gonna suck this year. I mean, they have Luis Ayala, Gustavo Molina and Fredy Garcia on their roster. Posada is way too old and unhappy being a DH. Jeter is coming off his worst year and is old, Granderson's hurt, Swisher and Gardner won't even smell last season's success, Texiera is a robotic douchebag, A-Rod's a total fraud, the pitching staff is loaded with aging and obese dickwads, they had a really shitty offseason and teams like Boston and Baltimore are getting better.

Don't count out the Rays either. And Toronto always seems to finish around .500.

Don't forget the A.J. Burnett adventures.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I know it's sort of nonsense, but I always associate Burnett as a bad luck charm. Getting kicked off the Marlins, sucking up the Yankee season, starting the stupid whipped cream pie face tradition, nipple rings. He was the guy the Diamondbacks announcers were trying to talk about as Mark Grace started spewing profanity.

[Willets Point]

Edgy DC wrote: I know it's sort of nonsense, but I always associate Burnett as a bad luck charm. Getting kicked off the Marlins, sucking up the Yankee season, starting the stupid whipped cream pie face tradition, nipple rings. He was the guy the Diamondbacks announcers were trying to talk about as Mark Grace started spewing profanity.

Hi, I'm A.J. Burnett of the New York Yankees.

[metirish]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm excited over how much the MFYs are gonna suck this year. I mean, they have Luis Ayala, Gustavo Molina and Fredy Garcia on their roster. Posada is way too old and unhappy being a DH. Jeter is coming off his worst year and is old, Granderson's hurt, Swisher and Gardner won't even smell last season's success, Texiera is a robotic douchebag, A-Rod's a total fraud, the pitching staff is loaded with aging and obese dickwads, they had a really shitty offseason and teams like Boston and Baltimore are getting better.

post of the day/week perhaps season.....

[Gwreck]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Among today's scheduled starting pitchers is one former Met: The Nationals' Livan Hernandez. It will be either Livan or C.C. Sabathia who throws the first pitch of the season.

It was Livan. Hopefully the Yankees are not first in anything this year.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Except first to be mathematically eliminated! Am I right, people?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Girth, managerial firings, federal indictments. And payroll, of course. Those are good too.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Brian McCann drives in Chipper Jones for the first run of 2011.

[Frayed Knot]

Jason Heyward 1st AB in 2010 = HR
Jason Heyward 1st AB in 2011 = HR

2-0 Braves
Werth singled in his 1st Nats AB but was later stranded.


And over in the Yanqui game we've already had our first "just beyond the reach of a diving Jeter" call of the year.

[Gwreck]

Frayed Knot wrote: Jason Heyward 1st AB in 2010 = HR Jason Heyward 1st AB in 2011 = HR

Eh, that's not so special. Just ask our friend Kaz Matsui.

[HahnSolo]

Werth hitting second for the Nats. Did not follow them in the spring, so this kind of surprises me.

[Gwreck]

Tigers loaded the bases with nobody out but went Sac Fly-Line Out-Strikeout to only net 1 run.

[TransMonk]

MLB.com's Gameday looks pretty slick this season!

[TransMonk]

Rickie Weeks and ex-Met Carlos Gomez go back-to-back with HRs in Cincy to start the game. Then Braun walked and Fielder singled and McGehee sac-flied.

3-0 Brew Crew in the 1st.

[ashie62]

Yankee SP'S Sabathia Burnett Hughes Nova and ? ughh

The State Trooper hits a 3R bomb.

[HahnSolo]

Oh, Dusty, one inning into the season and you are killing me, if Gametracker on ESPN is acccurate.


Down 3-0 in the bottom of the first, Stubbs leads off with a double. With Votto on deck, he has Brandon Phillips bunt Stubbs to third. A Votto SF makes it 3-1. But then Rolen walked and Bruce singled, and the inning ended with Gomes grounding out.

How on earth do you bunt in the first inning with a guy already in scoring position????

[TransMonk]

Weeks with his second RBI of the day.

4-1 Milwaukee over Cincy in the 2nd.

Edited March 31, 2011 by Guest

[TransMonk]

HahnSolo wrote: Oh, Dusty, one inning into the season and you are killing me, if Gametracker on ESPN is acccurate. Down 3-0 in the bottom of the first, Stubbs leads off with a double. With Votto on deck, he has Brandon Phillips bunt Stubbs to third. A Votto SF makes it 3-1. But then Rolen walked and Bruce singled, and the inning ended with Gomes grounding out. How on earth do you bunt in the first inning with a guy already in scoring position????

I thought that too. It's the first inning of Opening Day and you're down by 3 runs. Swing away!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

HahnSolo wrote: Oh, Dusty, one inning into the season and you are killing me, if Gametracker on ESPN is acccurate. Down 3-0 in the bottom of the first, Stubbs leads off with a double. With Votto on deck, he has Brandon Phillips bunt Stubbs to third. A Votto SF makes it 3-1. But then Rolen walked and Bruce singled, and the inning ended with Gomes grounding out. How on earth do you bunt in the first inning with a guy already in scoring position????

Also, good God, man-- that's Brandon fucking Phillips! That's the heart of your order!

Dumb AND stubborn is no way to go through life, man.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Tigers rally to tie thanks in part to a error of nonchalance by Robbie Cano, donchaknow. 3-3 in the 6th

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Gayrod getting twittered to shame for styling a leadoff triple into a double, he stays there as Verlander whiffs Swish and Posada to end the 6th.

MFYs throwing 700 pounds of pitchers to far as Joba replaces CC

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Gayrod getting twittered to shame for styling a leadoff triple into a double, he stays there as Verlander whiffs Swish and Posada to end the 6th. MFYs throwing 700 pounds of pitchers to far as Joba replaces CC

On that rain-softened mound? That'll KILL the groundskeepers' mood for "YMCA."

On another note: is it mean to shake my head and chuckle at a little kid in an A-Rod replica tee if he/she doesn't see me do it? I feel like I've done that a lot this winter.

[ashie62]

Granderson HR reclaims the lead for the douchebags.

[HahnSolo]

Ashie62 wrote: Granderson HR reclaims the lead for the douchebags.

Off of embedded Yankee Phil Coke.