The ILBB Opening Day (& Beyond) Gametime Chat Extravaganza!

Cabrera error on bad throw -- let's start the FREE INGE chatter!

cold, wet Yankee fans, hooray

btw Goldman is chatting at BP, Neyer at espn.

they plan to start the Girardi Era around 2pm ET

Well, the umps are in mid-season form -- guy on 2nd, 3-2 count to Alex Gordon, Verlander throws a pitch that tails over the inside corner of the empty RH batter's box, missing the plate by a fair margin, and the ump punches AG out.

TIGER DESTINY

also, Neyer is chatting til last pitch of the last game tonight, lol.

He is going to need:

- 3-liter piss bottles
- 64 oz. bag of guarana beans
- therapy

Why the hell is Sheffield batting 3rd instead of Miggy?

"More RBI opportunities," or something.

I have the week off.

i predict brohan santana will go 7 scoreless innings

is mark hendrickson the worst opening day starter of all time

Odalis Perez last night was pretty butt.

Tho he pitched OK.

Kimberly Jones (YES shill) guh!

Bronx rainout

i should have checked that before going to the pub on lunch to watch what turned out to be an hour of Blue Jay's propaganda.
Coworkers were surprised at my early return - now i have to do work :(

Brett (Arlington, VA): Are you still watching the Royals-Tigers game? Does Tim Welke know there are guidelines for what constitute the strike zone, and they don't change from pitch to pitch?

Rob Neyer: (2:39 PM ET ) No, he doesn't seem to. That said, Welke's strike zone seems to be bothering Meche quite a bit more than Verlander.

free inge?

It's bothering Meche more than Verlander for a reason, and Sheffield's wife should bake Welke some banana bread.

I imagine the difference between Meche & Verlander is that the latter's around the plate more, while Meche is trying to play the edges.

BTW, Miggy went deep, so I guess the furor to free Inge can wait, tho he's doing OK in CF today -- is he part of the LF platoon?

i'd imagine verlander being a lot better than gil meche has something to do w/ it...oh, is that what everyone's saying? i'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

over under on how quickly peaceful polenta gets booted down to the bottom third of the order?

12th of never (even if Maggs / Sheff / Miggy might be an awesome 2-3-4, and Granderson is probably a better 5 than 1, speed notwithstanding).

guys i love miguel so much. marlins getting rid of him was a sad day for me

oh, alex gordon...no you DIDN'T!

Game Notes
DAVID DEJESUS LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE THIRD INNING WITH A RIGHT ANKLE INJURY

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Leyland's response to the suggestion that Polanco should be placed anywhere lower then second would be something like: "That's (baloney) -- (forget) that (stuff). I'm not gonna do that to a (gosh darn) batting champion."

Olney says Miguel will be huge for the Tigers because he isn't huge. The numbers from any past season would be OK, I think.

Grilli on opening day -- ERA over 7.00 in Detroit last year. Awesome.

Verlander's out! Andy's favorite is in!

ha xpost

Zambrano's no hitter broken up in the 1st.

Good -- this will keep Grilli available tomorrow.

Great -- just turned to the White Sox / Indians game, hoping that it wasn't the CSN Chicago feed, and I just missed running into a PUT IT ON THE BOOOOOARD in honor of JI M's first homer of the year.

DID YOU KNOW . . . ?

With his next home run, Carlos Zambrano with tie Fergie Jenkins for most career home runs by a Cubs pitcher (13).

Um, how many pitchers is Leyland going to (forget)ing use to get out of this inning?

You can't get both CHI-CLE feeds, David R.?

felicity, did i post my fergie jenkins pic from hohokam? i met the old chap and lee smith while ignoring ron leflore.

It's working!

- R. Theriot flied out to deep right
- A. Soriano flied out to deep right

Oh, shit, both channels are Hawk.

Yeah, only the one (tho I only see one feed, for regular and hi-def).

Oh god BRENT MUSBERGERRRRR on ESPN2?

Andy, keep hope alive -- Brett Tomko's in!

He'll give up at least 1 run.

felicity, did i post my fergie jenkins pic from hohokam? i met the old chap and lee smith while ignoring ron leflore.

-- j.q higgins, Monday, March 31, 2008 12:16 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Not yet. Please!

And from now on, whenever I write "sigh," please imagine I am groaning in the voice of Ron Santo.

are you watching ESPN2 or WGN feed

FUKU!!!!!!!!!!

WELCOME TO WRIGLEY KOSKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait -- why the (forget) is Theriot leading off?!?!?!?

Bravo Tango Fox Trot. Did you see KF's at bat?

fwiw, roberts-markakis double steal, millah double=o's up on 2-0 on the rays.

Wait -- Felicity, you talking to me, or some other ILBBro?

BTW, apologies to the Tiger contingent for jinxing their would-be rally.

lol new guy gets best and worst plays on opening day

hahah woah

wau

What the fuck is Brent Musberger doing on my tv anyway? I heard he loathes baseball.

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Another chance to drink in public I guess.

sigh

I don't know how I feel about the new Megaman catchers' masks

i wish i had tv :(

If you had a TV, you could've heard Joe Morgan say that the one thing he regrets about his playing career is that he didn't bunt enough.

I'm hoping to spot an Angels-gear-wearing Jeff Weaver huddled into a seat at the Metrodome.

yeah...

o's=ouch

phils=ouch

nats=WHA?

Played hooky this afternoon to watch games with friends from my fantasy league.

Enjoyed seeing while flipping around:

Soria close out the Tigers in extra innings (nice opening day win Royals!)

Brewers beat Cubs in Wrigley (despite Gagne's troubling outing)

Chris Young go upper deck in Cincy

yay baseball!

Indeed, been a good day so far. That 9th inning at Wrigley was a mini-classic. Gagne looks exactly like he did for the Sox last year--this is a very bad thing, Brewers fans.

Nine pitchers used by the Braves tonight.

I think Peavy being the Padres best hitter right now is worth mentioning!

What the fuck is Brent Musberger doing on my tv anyway? I heard he loathes baseball.

as much as the Cubs' current owner?

I am reminded this week that I should not subscribe to Extra Innings, in the interest of preventing an even more Unabomber-like lifestyle.

oh, that Pirate coughup of the 9-4 lead in the 9th last night! and yet they won.

I was beyond astonishment at Morgan bunt comment; it proved hypothesis he doesn't understand why he was a great player.

Did anyone check on Neyer's chat around midnight ET?

Rios pulls a Bocock, sort of.

petey gives up 1st inning bomb to uggla

i sense a pattern - luis gonzalez goes yard

Pedro is getting shelled.

2nd L Gonzalez homered to right center. 0 3

RIP PEDRO

someone revive pedro's midget

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LOS ANGELES THIRD BASE COACH LARRY BOWA WAS EJECTED BY THIRD BASE UMPIRE ED MONTAGUE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH INNING FOR NOT STANDING IN THE "COACHES BOX."

just coming to post that.

Oh bless you Larry :) :) :)

Hu was on first, DeWhat was on second.

A moment of silence was held before the game in memory of Joe Kennedy, the former A’s left-hander who died Nov. 23 from a heart condition at age 28.

RIP.

*sigh*

Getting swept by the Brewers is a grand old tradition.

Good wheels, Hanley.

Good outfield, Florida.

Good chatter, Andy.

The Royals are two games over .500 for the first time since April 11, 2004, when they were 4-2.

It could be a dream season for KC: 4th place and 70 wins!

(they were 4th place last season btw)

<3 Troncoso reminds me of K-Rods debut

(or was it the year before?)

A.J. Burnett looked really nasty tonight against teh Yankees.

Now, if he can only string together two or three more starts like that before going on the 52-day DL ...

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hi!

yikes. "Hell's Bells" gets the first two batters on 3 pitches. and then completely shits the bed. and gets pulled. embarassing.

and all started by a walk to ... Jose Cruz Jr.! who knew he still had a job?

Trevor Time sure had me fooled for the first 3 pitches and 2 batters.

That was a pretty rough one to watch on ESPN Gamecast.

"Ball in play... "

. . . cut to Bud Balk pained reaction shot

The Fukudome kool-aid is working! A 4-pitch at bat for Soriano.

Is anyone watching the Cubs game? Does Dumpster actually look as decent as his line suggests?

Yes. They went ahead in the fifth on no hits.

Sorry I guess you are watching online so you knew that. He looked swell.