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Temps should be in the 60's in KC. I hope that warms the bats back up. Thursday at home...53 with a chance of showers...Isn't that every Home Opener?

Long season. You can question the bunt with Alexei, but I think today was more about Masterson. He pitched a real good game, and Danks made a bad pitch at the wrong time.

Yep, it's official. He's going on the DL, and he could be out up to 3 weeks. 8 games with Tampa, and the Sox might miss him all 8. Reminds me of 2005 when the Sox seemed to catch teams at the right time...either missing their best pitcher or a player hurt. If rotations hold, we'll also miss Price when the Sox go to Tampa. Twins will miss him four games too.

Longoria is out at least a week with an oblique injury. So at the very least, he'll miss the first couple games of the White Sox opening series.

Hopefully the rain/snow moving in will be light enough to play through. They better not play two innings, and then have a long rain delay or something. That would suck for Danks.

Probably more likely to see the "Sunday" lineup on Wednesday, when they face Francis. Day game after a night game, facing a lefty. Wednesday we'll see Milledge and Castro I'm sure...and probably Dunn at 1B.

Cool. Might have to check out Hudson face the Rockies later.

^ Well played. And the first game after the All-star break.

http://twitter.com/MDGonzales/status/54279866811559936 Ew.

Good game. I don't know how that ball Rios hit didn't go way out. That wind must have been something. I'm sure Ozzie will play Vizquel at 3B tomorrow. Other than that, I don't want to see the classic Sunday lineup after winning the first two.

I'm a uniform snob...I'll admit that. I'm big on home whites and road greys. If I was the uniform czar, I'd limit alternate jerseys to road teams on Saturday's and home teams on Sunday's. Every other game would be home white/road grey (or whatever shade). And definitely for opening day and the postseason, they should always wear their main home or road uniform.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Apr 1, 2011 -> 12:50 PM) Let's all hope we shipped that problem to New England in a pretty big package. I wonder if their fans know he sucks against the Orioles yet.

I don't care if they lose. It's a long season. Just don't lose like the Brewers and Cardinals did yesterday. QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Apr 1, 2011 -> 12:29 PM) If you are not anxious and nervous on Opening Day you are not alive.

Hawk will talk about the great, Shin-Sin Chew.

The Sox play the Rays 8 games in April, and the A's 10 games from April 11- June 12. I'll accept splits from both, but hopefully the Rays are a slow starter this season. The A's scare me because their starting pitching is tough, and they could be tight, low scoring games.

If the Sox and the rest of the league somehow get as lucky as they did last year with no rain: 4-1 Buehrle- Carmona 4-2 Jackson- Carrasco 4-3 Danks- Masterson 4-4 4-5 Floyd- Hochevar 4-6 Buehrle- Francis 4-7 Jackson- Price 4-8 Danks- Shields 4-9 Humber- Davis 4-10 Floyd- Niemann 4-11 Buehrle- Braden 4-12 Jackson- Cahill 4-13 Danks- Anderson 4-14 4-15 Floyd- Santana 4-16 Buehrle- Kazmir 4-17 Jackson- Weaver 4-18 Danks- Shields 4-19 Peavy?- Davis 4-20 Floyd- Niemann 4-21 Buehrle- Hellickson

Maybin with a 2 -out game tying homer in St. Louis.

Axford was a one-hit wonder. He's a Bob James.

Reds fans are feeling good.

Good move, I think. I can see later on in the season getting guys 5 days rest when they can, but for now, they need to minimize Humber's starts. I also could see this coming, since Humber is basically the 7th bullpen arm for the first series. They weren't really going to go with 6 in the pen for any extended period of time.

The whole first series will be cold, but the best chance for precip is Saturday. Opening Day looks safe. Kansas City looks good next Tuesday and Wednesday, and the current forecast for Chicago next Thursday is Cloudy and 58.

http://twitter.com/JesseCrain/statuses/53286967621844992

It used to be Arizona, to Las Vegas, to another one-game city, to the opener. It not that bad this time. They'll land in Cleveland in about 30 minutes. No big deal.

If you're on the 40-man, and you start the season on the DL, you're pretty much considered a big leaguer until you come off the DL. Viciedo will be optioned to AAA when he comes off the DL.

Opening Day Team Rosters: Indians Lineup: Brantley CF, A Cabrera SS, Choo RF, Santana C, Hafner DH, O Cabrera 2B, Kearns LF, LaPorta 1B, Hannahan 3B Bench: Everett IF, Buck OF, Duncan OF, Marson C Rotation: Carmona, Carrasco, Masterson, Tomlin, Talbot Bullpen: Durbin, Pestano, Herrmann, Germano, Sipp, R Perez, C Perez Royals Lineup: Aviles 3B, Cabrera CF, Gordon LF, Butler DH, Ka'Aihue 1B, Francouer RF, Escobar SS, Treanor C, Getz 2B Bench: Maier OF, Dyson OF, Betemit IF, Pena C Rotation: Hochevar, Francis, Davies, Chen, (Vin Mazzaro will be called up in a couple weeks) Bullpen: Crow, Adcock, Collins, Jeffress, O'Sullivan, Texeira, Tejeda, Soria Tigers Lineup: Jackson CF, Rhymes 2B, Ordonez RF, Cabrera 1B, Martinez DH, Raburn LF, Peralta SS, Inge 3B, Avila C Bench: Kelly OF, Santiago IF, Boesch OF, Wells OF Rotation: Verlander, Scherzer, Porcello, Penny, Coke Bullpen: Thomas, Perry, Villareal, Gonzalez, Schlereth, Benoit, Valverde Twins Lineup: Span CF, Nishioka 2B, Mauer C, Morneau 1B, Cuddyer RF, Young LF, Kubel DH, Valencia 3B, Casilla SS Bench: Thome DH, Tolbert IF, Repko OF, Butera C Rotation: Pavano, Liriano, Blackburn, Baker, Duensing Bullpen: Slowey, Manship, Perkins, Hughes, Mijares, Capps, Nathan White Sox Lineup: Pierre LF, Beckham 2B, Dunn DH, Konerko 1B, Rios CF, Quentin RF, Pierzynski C, Ramirez SS, Morel 3B Bench: Teahen IF/OF, Lillibridge OF/IF, Milledge OF, Vizquel IF, Castro C Rotation: Buehrle, Jackson, Danks, Floyd, Humber Bullpen: Pena, Ohman, Santos, Sale, Crain, Thornton