It's odd. For some reason in April, October feels like it's right around the corner, with high intensity, exciting baseball being played. All around the league there have been close games, and series with some surprising results. Baseball fans around the league should be happy.
Well not ALL baseball fans. But really, losing the opening series isn't horrible. Unless you have the most eye opening off season of any team... Like the Tigers, who opened the season getting swept by the cellar dwelling Royals. If that didn't make it bad enough, their vaunted lineup scored just 5 runs over the 3 game set. Tigers manager Jim Leyland says his team "looked like an old club."
The New York Yankees lineup hardly performed up to expectations, scoring no more than 3 runs in any of the three games. Despite minimal offensive output, the Yankees took 2 of 3 against the Blue Jays in an impressive 2008 debut from Phil Hughes. The Yankees won both of their games 3-2. Last years team won just one of their first 6 one-run games. The Blue Jays' pitching looked great, while their offense was unimpressive, outside of Alex Rios.
The Reds enjoyed an opening series to remember. They took 2 of 3 from a playoff caliber opponent, with highlights coming from a 2-runs -down, 3-run-walkoff homerun, and then a rubber game victory featuring a dominating start from a hyped rookie making his major league debut. The ultra clutch walkoff came from Edwin Encarnacion and the 10 strike out debut came from Johnny Cueto
Hard to believe the Giants scored just 4 runs all series, and had just one extra base hit. Nevermind, take that back, no it isn't. The two lowest runs per game average in league history were 2.61 and 2.93. in order to own that record, the 08 Giants will need to score fewer than 423 runs all season. It could happen. Despite the miniscule run output, the Giants actually won one game against the Dodgers.
Opening series killaz
K. Fukudome had a memorable major league debut.
D. Wright picked up where he left off in his superstar 07.
Opening series failures
I. Rodriguez had a dismal series coming off a career worst 2007. Could he be cooked?
M. Holliday had just 1 hit and no extra base hits or RBI's in the opening series. The Rockies lost 2 of 3.
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