Twins' Opening Day facts

Originally posted at The Tenth Inning Stretch

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Happy Opening Day to the Minnesota Twins who are starting the 2012 season by playing at the Baltimore Orioles at 3:05 PM local time. Here are some facts about the Twins' opening days of yore:

• The Twins lost their last 3 opening days
  
• The Twins' overall record, since they moved to Minnesota, on opening day is 25-26, so with a win today, they will be back to .500
  
• The following pitchers made the most opening day starts for the Minnesota Twins: Brad Radke (9), Bert Blyleven (6), and Frank Viola (4)
  
• The Franchise original opening day opponent was also the Baltimore Orioles on 4-29-1901 at the American Park in Washington DC
  
• The Twins' Franchise overall record on opening day is 62-49
  
• The Twins' Franchise opening day record against the Orioles is 6-1, with the only loss in a 6-7 game in 1957 at Griffith Stadium
  
• The only teams the Twins' Franchise has a losing record against on Opening day games are the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox , Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (the only time they played them were of the Devil kind still)
  
• Only 5 of the 13 position players (Alexi Casilla, Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Denard Span and Danny Valencia) of the Twins' 2011 opening day 25-man roster are on the 2012 roster
  
• Only 6 of the 12 pitchers (Nick Blackburn, Matt Capps, Brian Duensing, Fransisco Liriano, Carl Pavano and Glen
  Perkins) of the Twins' 2011 opening day 25-man roster are on the 2012 roster