Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

Re: Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

Mike Cameron > Curtis Granderson?

[Chef Matt]

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Dam, great game none the less.

[ChubbyBanana]

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Thank God, it's over.

Geez after catching up on this thread I would have thought you would have just muted the TV by now instead of bitching about it the whole time

Joe Morgan does suck.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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J.D. Drew runs well? I never thought of him as extremely rangy.

Over/under on "you've gotta get the tying run on base?"

No, he is not a speed guy, but he does make smart and conscious decisions (routes) to the ball. Reads it well off the bat. And that translates him to having good range out there. Where some other outfielders who rely on their speed since they lack the smarts of the ball off the bat. Makes for some web-gem plays where otherwise would have been more manageable for a guy who takes better reads.

Nick Swisher with the bad GPS on the ball hit by Youkilis (triple) showed the side effects of players with bad reads (and no speed). Where if it were Ichiro who made a bad read (which he doesn't usually) his speed would have made up for it. Drew makes excellent reads which gives him good position on the balls.

It is going to be tough to get some fly balls in the gaps, in that Red Sox outfield. Especially Left Center.

I watched it on NESN though, so I didn't have to hear the Miller/Morgan ear bleeds about "Jete" one more time.

[SPTO]

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Wow 4 hour game, after all that talk about speeding up the game...

The unwritten rule of modern baseball: All Yankees/Red Sox games must be 4 hrs in length.

I liked ESPN's new overlays unfortunately I could only take 4 innings of Morgan and listened to the radio call. I fell asleep near the end of the game but at least I heard most of it. Great game nonetheless.

[TheMatrix31]

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New overlays are crappy in my opinion, but thank GOODNESS baseball is BACK.

[JBH3]

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Getting ready to head to Opening Day PHI @ WAS. Get to see Halladay's Philadelphia debut, I'm soooo psyhced...Kid on Christmas...

[19]

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New overlays are crappy in my opinion, but thank GOODNESS baseball is BACK.

Agreed. They should have left it at the top of the screen. Something tells me ESPN changed it simply for the sake of changing it. It's almost like now you have to look away from the game to look at the HUD. It's in a very awkward position IMO.

[Speedy]

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I could only take 4 innings of Morgan and listened to the radio call.

Wonder how Hershiser feels...

[ryan36]

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New overlays are crappy in my opinion, but thank GOODNESS baseball is BACK.

I didn't even notice they had changed. I did, but it didn't register lol...

That being said my preference is the original "fox box" style when the things first came out years ago...I don't like anything straight across my picture.

[Marino]

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2 hours until the Dodgers play!

[duke776]

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Just got done doing some hard work, now it's time to sit down relax and watch some baseball. Great time of the year.

[Altimus]

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Ready for Opening Day. Season kicked off with a bang last night and hopefully we get some exciting games here as well.

[OSUFan_88]

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Wonder how Hershiser feels...

Hersh is hardly innocent...

Anyway, less than an hour till Indians baseball! Yippee!

[jvalverde88]

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I love the MLB Extra Innings














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