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Game 1 (Opening Day!!!) - at Baltimore

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Parker Hageman

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The Twins announced their lineup yesterday.

 

1. Denard Span, CF

2. Jamey Carroll, SS

3. Joe Mauer, C

4. Justin Morneau, DH

5. Josh Willingham, LF

6. Ryan Doumit, RF

7. Danny Valencia, 3B

8. Chris Parmelee, 1B

9. Alexi Casilla, 2B

Starting pitcher: RH Carl Pavano

 

 

 

While the O's will trot this out:

 

#OpeningDay lineup vs MIN: Reimold LF, Hardy SS, Markakis RF, Jones CF, Wieters C, Betemit DH, Davis 1B, Andino 2B, Arrieta P

 

The Twins haven't seen much of Arrieta, with Alexi Casilla's five plate appearances being the most among Minnesota's hitters. Arrieta has a four-pitch arsenal - fastball, slider, curve and change - and had been very inconsistent against left-handed opponents, walking 14.6% of all lefties faced. This should bode well for the Twins port-siders.

 

By the way, stop by the "Pick 2 Cliq" contest, select which Twins hitter you think will perform the best today and win $50 in free liquor.

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It's like the first day of school. Excited and scared at the same time. What's going to happen? Granted it's only one game, but I remember how bad the opening game was last year and look what happened...

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Unlike yesterday, I think we will see lots of runs scored today. Like the rest of the season, the question will be "can we score enough runs to overcome our inconsistant pitching"?

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Is Pavano throwing all changeups, or is 83 his 2012 fastball?

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Went up to 87 with that last looking strike... I think last season he was 89ish so he is getting there.

You say that like it's a good thing.

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Carroll's had a couple of gems so far. Nice to see solid defense at the SS.

Little nervous how close that play ended up being considering how hard the ball was hit. Overall it has to be better than the crap we rolled out last year.

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This game thread is every bit as exciting as the game itself.

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Nick Nelson

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This game thread is every bit as exciting as the game itself.

What is there to say? Pavano somehow getting by while tossing underhand and Twins hitters repeatedly grounding out to the pitcher. One club is looking very unprepared for the start of the season.

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