Opening Day Reactions

[isestrex]

Runners LOB

That's all I have to say

[Pushmonkey]

Runners LOB

That's all I have to say

Not having a clean up hitter.

[PaulBako]

Never sign NL players is my reaction, they blow hard. Tejada, Atkins, and Gonzalez! What a trio!

[trk001]

Gonna be a whole lot of in this thread. Prepare yourselves.

[Miller192]

161 more to go.

Man, I hate being salty on opening day though.

[ledzepp8]

It's opening day.

[The Rick]

Another expensive BP arm disappointing us out of the gate. I think he'll be alright, but what a way to become an "Oriole". I guess in a sense it's appropriate and fitting.

What a kick in the groin. This is an absolutely grueling loss.

[hatepaste]

Not having a clean up hitter.

Tejada smoked that ball in the top of the 9th, just hit right at someone.

[SilentJames]

TB left a ton of runners on base too - they were just a little better.

Honestly, Miggy absolutely TAGGED that ball in the ninth. Seriously, a frozen rope right at the LF. he had a great AB but wasn't very lucky there.

[nevadaO]

It's games like this that make me glad we don't have to wait 40+ hours for the next game.

[dslats715]

The blown save sucks, but the runner men on 3rd with less than 2 outs (more than once) and failing. That hurt deep for me.

Still excited for tomorrow, but boy tonight a win would of been sweet.

[adamwolff11]

Just a terrible first impression for Gonzo..that's all.

In perspective it's whatever..but come on. 3 outs..act like you've done it before.

[Hank Scorpio]

Gonzalez not impressive.

Straight fastball, horrible mechanics, falling off, fastball up and 90-92 mph... brutal.

[Goober Noodles]

Runners LOB

That's all I have to say

Agreed. Our only runs were HR's.

However... Mike Gonzalez's performance was... wow. Out of anyone on a baseball team, I would expect a new closer to live up to expectations when the pressure is on. It is, afterall... his job.

What a disappointment tonight.

I hope Guthrie comes out strong tomorrow, or else we'll have some major doom and gloom...

[Don Quixote]

Somehow, for an entire hour I knew it would happen. The IBB clinched it. I knew exactly because they did that to get to a previously 0-for-3 Crawford that he would get a hit and win the game. I really wanted to break things. A managerial reverse jinx!

The situational hitting was atrocious, as was Gonzalez.

It's all I can bring myself to say and stay partially sane.