April 8, 2008
4/8: The REAL Opening Day
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Detroit Tigers (0-6) @ Boston Red Sox (3-4)
Kenny Rogers (0-1, 3.00) @ Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-0, 2.31) 2:05 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN | RADIO: WEEI 850, WROL 950 |
GAME NOTES: The real Opening Day starts today as Dice-K makes his third Opening Day start (Japan, Oakland, Boston). The Red Sox will receive their 2007 World Series rings prior to the game and hopefully will then send the Detroit Tigers to another loss en route to a 0-9 start.
Discussion
14 Comments on "4/8: The REAL Opening Day"
#1
Posted by Daniel Rathman, April 8, 2008 12:24 AM
So much for paying attention in Calculus...
Starting Lineups
Tigers:
1. Edgar Renteria, SS
2. Placido Polanco, 2B
3. Gary Sheffield, DH
4. Magglio Ordonez, RF
5. Miguel Cabrera, 3B
6. Carlos Guillen, 1B
7. Ivan Rodriguez, C
8. Jacque Jones, LF
9. Brandon Inge, CF
SP - Kenny Rogers
Red Sox:
1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
2. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. Mike Lowell, 3B
6. JD Drew, RF
7. Jason Varitek, C
8. Coco Crisp, CF
9. Julio Lugo, SS
SP - Daisuke Matsuzaka
#3
Posted by Mostly Running., April 8, 2008 1:12 PM
I'd settle for the Tigers being 0-4 in beantown. ;)
#4
Posted by Sean O, April 8, 2008 3:25 PM
Holy crap, kaibutsu is bringing it today.
Sucks that Ortiz would've had a grand slam in every other park in baseball history except the Polo Grounds, but at least Manny's triple (which also would've been a home run in nearly every park ever) ended up as a run since Brandon Inge can't play center.
#6
Posted by Dave B., April 8, 2008 4:01 PM
To be fair to Daisuke, he did post back to back Game Scores of 79 and 82 once last year. In those 2 games he struck out 17, pitcher 16 innings and only allowed 1 earned run.
#7
Posted by Sam, April 8, 2008 4:18 PM
Whew ... he got out of it ... I'm assuming that's it for Dice-K at 96 pitches ... good stuff tho
#9
Posted by Steven Roth, April 8, 2008 4:49 PM
Baltimore is up 8-1 vs. Texas, looking to better their record to 6-1 on the young season lol. Ahh...I hope Oriole fans everywhere are savoring this while it lasts.
#10
Posted by Sam, April 8, 2008 5:01 PM
I guess I was wrong ... Dice-K almost took it thru 7 ... good solid start by him
meanwhile every Tigers fan out is still shaking their heads wondering why Grilli was given a chance to go over the 40 pitch mark ... Thanks Leyland ... and I thought we had bullpen problems
*knock on wood*
#11
Posted by Tim Daloisio, April 8, 2008 5:23 PM
Very encouraging day from Dice K today. That's two in a row...
FYI....Episode 2 of the Fireside Chats Podcast is pressing tonight. It will post about 10:30 pm est.
#12
Posted by Sam, April 8, 2008 5:55 PM
Very encouraging game from Dice-K ... encouraging game overall ... now if only Papi could put things together
#13
Posted by Sean O, April 8, 2008 7:42 PM
I'd say a 380' out to right field is pretty encouraging. In any other park, that's a grand slam. He'll be fine.
It's stupid to say, but I kinda hope this continues for a while, simply because Ortiz's regression to the mean could be hilarious. Like, .400/.600/1.800 hilarious.
#14
Posted by Daniel Rathman, April 8, 2008 10:36 PM
Sean:
Agreed. Especially if that "regression" happens during the upcoming weekend series against New York :-)
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