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Lineups:

 

Twins:

Aaron Hicks CF

Joe Mauer DH

Josh Willingham LF

Justin Morneau 1B

Ryan Doumit C

Trevor Plouffe 3B

Chris Parmelee RF

Brian Dozier 2B

Eduardo Escobar SS

(Liam Hendriks P)

 

Orioles:

Nate McLouth LF

Manny Machado 3B

Nick Markakis RF

Adam Jones CF

Chris Davis 1B

Matt Wieters C

J.J. Hardy SS

Ryan Flaherty 2B

Nolan Reimold DH

(Jake Arrieta P)

I was pulling for Lew Ford to make the roster.

 

So, let's keep on the winning track today, we've got the mo.

Let's just hope the Twins don't make Arrieta look like an All-Star like they did in the opener last year. Good start so far, Twins. I really am pulling for Hendriks to figure it out this year. I think we have a pretty good idea of what the first three pitchers are going to give us this year, but Hendriks is the wild card in the rotation.

Won't have to face Chen or Gonzalez, that's a good start already

Gardy virtually running out the same, opening day lineup 4 games straight.

 

<<<knees getting wobbly>>>

Glad to see Escobar get the start. Florimon already has 2 errors. He makes some spectacular plays and blows routine ones - lack of concentration, fine instinctive play.

Hopefully we slaughter Tillman again tomorrow. We got seven runs off him in the first inning last year, and he didn't even finish the inning.

After the walk off... Escobar deserves the start... After the throwing yips by Florimon... He deserves a day off.

Calling a Morneau bomb today. A good game by Escobar today and Pedro will be feeling some pressure.

I'm calling another bomb from Plouffe.

Sherwalter count: 1

 

 

Drink.

Why no Fox trax this year?

That was a really ugly AB by Hicks.

Arrieta with three straight 0-2 counts.

The ump is flashing an (in)consistent zone thus far. Willingham gets a ball and then a strike on identical pitches.

Well Arrieta looks sharp....gulp.

"Watching" via Gamecast on ESPN. It looks as though Mauer put up a good battle.

I can't remember, does Hendriks have a slider?

I don't get it. You are given a strike call on a 2 seamer off the plate and come back with a 4 seam right down the middle. Locate.

I can't remember, does Hendriks have a slider?

 

No, surely we would have seen it by now.

No, surely we would have seen it by now.

 

Thanks.

Nice play by Escobar

These day games are making it hard to get my work done.

Protect those thumbs, Trevor!

Listening to the Os broadcast: Blamed Plouffe for crowding the plate, that the pitch was "barely off the plate." Interesting. I saw the ball inside the batters box or on the chalk at least.

Damn. Pretty good AB by Parmelee but then... GIDP.

Listening to the Os broadcast: Blamed Plouffe for crowding the plate, that the pitch was "barely off the plate." Interesting. I saw the ball inside the batters box or on the chalk at least.

 

You mean we're not the only team with home-town announcers?

I can't remember, does Hendriks have a slider?

 

Yes but he really shouldn't use it.

It's a crapshoot, what this home plate ump is going to call.