Melvin announces the Opening Day lineup
A few surprises here- if you'd told me in November that Byrnes would be starting, I wouldn't have been too surprised, but over Upton?
Our starting squad for Opening Day:
Catcher: Chris Snyder
First base: Tony Clark
Second base: Felipe Lopez
Third base: Chad Tracy
Shortstop: Stephen Drew
Left field: Conor Jackson
Center field: Chris Young
Right field: Eric Byrnes
Pitcher: Brandon Webb
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No Mark Reynolds either
Tracy gets the start, but no surprise there, since he has murdered Cook in his 33 at-bats so far, hitting .515/.579/.758 for a 1.337 OPS. This is exactly the kind of pitcher I’d expect Reynolds to be sitting against – especially with Webb on the mound and defense at a premium. One imagines that’s why Clark is at first too.
Elsewhere, I see the Royals-White Sox game for tomorrow has already been called off due to snow… Tee-hee!
"I coulda been better. I coulda broke every record in the book... And then when I walked down the street people would've looked and they would've said there goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in this game."
not funny
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Apr 5, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, I dunno
As I sit here at 8pm, in shorts and a T-shirt, with the back-door wide open, it strikes me as quite funny… :-) Of course, it’ll be seventh-level of hell hot here soon enough, and then all you Northerners can laugh at us!.
"I coulda been better. I coulda broke every record in the book... And then when I walked down the street people would've looked and they would've said there goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in this game."
by Jim McLennan on Apr 5, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
haha
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Apr 5, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Well
It’s not like Tracy is Scott Rolen at third, especially with a bum knee.
And let’s not pretend Upton being benched is a matchup thing and has nothing to do with his struggles in spring training.
Tracy's knee should be healed
At least, that’s the theory.
"You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.
I like these moves even though I like to see the natural starting lineup when Im there
"I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany." - Ron Burgundy
"I'd rather hit than have sex."- Reggie Jackson
"Obviously your not a golfer." - The Dude
I don't
think Melvin believes in natural lineup. He’s more of an evolutionist.
What? neh-are you se-no! No! I hh I I don't even't know what you're sayinhow whatdoyou whatdoyou talking about you want me to go away? I I I I can't no! I can't I can't just leave I - ...you can't leave me!
The "mad scientist"
I never got that name… When Sut gave it to him, we got outscored by like 20. That’s more like high school science teacher
"I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany." - Ron Burgundy
"I'd rather hit than have sex."- Reggie Jackson
"Obviously your not a golfer." - The Dude
Most
high school chemistry teachers seem the mad scientist types. They’re always like, “hey look at what I can burn, oh check out this acid” and such.
What? neh-are you se-no! No! I hh I I don't even't know what you're sayinhow whatdoyou whatdoyou talking about you want me to go away? I I I I can't no! I can't I can't just leave I - ...you can't leave me!
Even with Clark/Tracy both in,
I’m not sure there’s enough LHBs to satisfy foulpole.
Where’s our L/S/L/L/L/L/L/L/Webb lineup???
Someone forgot to tell Melvin that spring training is over.
Fire Bob Melvin
but seriously....
this lineup doesnt make much sense to me. Upton needs to know that his manager is behind him…
YAY!
Clark, Byrnes, Jackson, Snyder, Drew, Tracy AND Webb?
If possible I think I just became even MORE excited about tomorrow. Too bad I still am not seeing Dougie this week. (We are going to THREE games, you would think ONE of them would be Davis but NO!)
"Treat your mind like a bad neighborhood - don't go there alone."
Hmmm....
when you put it like that, it’s like Opening Day 2007 all over again.
Insert witty and/or humorous signature here.
12 hours to go
and I can’t sleep!!
"This is it. That moment they told us in high school where one day, algebra would save our lives."
by unnamedDBacksfan on Apr 6, 2009 2:56 AM EDT reply actions
Reynolds and Upton Out
Not a surprise,but I’m glad Melvin has had the guts to recognise that Upton (no matter his great potential we’ve been waiting to see for more than a year!!) is out of form. Reynolds’ absence is a disappointment – but understandable. Big Tony will have to step up. I’m looking forward to seeing Lopez’ defense to BW. At last the Season’s here!
A W is a Win!
Sort of ugly, but exciting!
Our pitching ace looked a lot like CC Sabathia today – none of his stuff working and poor location.
But our lumber was just better than theirs!
Both Pena and Qualls were solid – that calmed a few nerves, including my own!
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