Opening Day

[The_Understander]

Who would have thought that the lineup would produce against Sabathia, and Mark Buehrle would give up a seven spot? 0-1 for my White Sox. Ken Williams, you’re on notice.

Thanks for '05, but it sure would be nice to have Jon Garland going tomorrow!

[ZipperJJ]

Good to see that nothing has changed about my Tribe since last year. Give up a ton of runs and get a ton more. Some questionable plays, some big hits, and some homers by “who’s that guy again?” And of course a blunder by Blake followed by him winning the game.

And of course, Borowski neeearly blowing it but of course he pulls out of it at the last second.

It’s gonna be an exciting season

[Thudlow_Boink]

Well, phooey. Stupid rain. After 2.5 innings, the Cardinals are ahead 5-1, Albert Pujols has hit his first home run of the season—and then along comes the rain and none of it counts. I got enough baseball that didn’t count during Spring Training.

[Asimovian]

@silenus

And the Dodgers start their 50th season in LA by beating the hated Giants 5-0.

Life is good.

Man, seeing Koufax throw out the first pitch gave me chills. T’was quite the spectacle yesterday.

[dalej42]

One thing that did make this opening day nice: No Yankees and no Red Sox. ESPN actually had to talk about the other teams.

[amarinth]

“It’s a beautiful day for a ballgame, let’s play two” -Ernie Banks

[What_Exit]

It was a day late, but what a beautiful first game for the Yanks. Cabrera put on a highlight show with two great catches and a homer.

Wang Pitched great, Joba was fired up and Rivera looked like Rivera is suppose to look, perfect!

Hell, even Jason Giambi looked good in the field and running the bases.

Jim

[Marley23]

@amarinth

“It’s a beautiful day for a ballgame, let’s play two” -Ernie Banks

Yeah, about that…
Only the Cubs, I swear.

A well-played, well-pitched non-slugfest for the Yankees. Definitely fun to watch. It occurs to me that they probably would have lost if Cabrera wasn’t appealing his suspension.

[cmkeller]

Royals are now 2-0 to start the season, for the first time since magical 2003! Hopefully this season works out even better for us than that one did!

[Zebra]

Do they still play the blues in Chicago, when baseball season rolls around
When the snow melts away, do the Cubbies still play, in their ivy covered burial ground?
When I was a boy, they were my pride and joy, but now they only bring fatigue.
To the home of the brave, the land of the free, and the doormat of the National League.

-a dying Cub fan’s last request

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

The Rays’ magic number is 161! Woot!

[divemaster]

@Lamar Mundane

Please add your quotes, observations, and experiences regarding baseball.

As a Cubs fan, I’ll always remember stuff like:

HEY! Check out the guy in the som-bre-ro!

An-dres Galarraga spelled backwards is AGGGGRAGLLAHAG…

[Intelligently_Designed]

“I’m working on a new pitch. It’s called a strike.” — Jim Kern

[DesertDog]

There’s George Carlin’s essay comparing baseball and football:

@George Carlin

Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.
Baseball has the sacrifice.

Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog…
In baseball, if it rains, we don’t go out to play

Baseball has the seventh inning stretch.
Football has the two minute warning.

Baseball has no time limit: we don’t know when it’s gonna end - might have extra innings.
Football is rigidly timed, and it will end even if we’ve got to go to sudden death

Sample only. Rest is here.