Post Highlights from Opening Day

[RacersEdge]

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LaRoche for the Braves - 3-run bomb in the first off Lowe, 4-0 Braves over Dodgers.

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Pujols 2 bombs, I say he hits 140 this year.

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In his Nationals debut, Soriano gets thrown out at the plate with no outs in the 8th. The Mets go on to win 3-2.

[kyro]

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I'll start...

LaRoche for the Braves - 3-run bomb in the first off Lowe, 4-0 Braves over Dodgers.

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I missed this, but I'm pretty sure the actual highlight of the game was the Derek Lowe face, and not the homer itself.

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In his Nationals debut, Soriano getscalled out at the plate with no outs in the 8th. The Mets go on to win 3-2.

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FYP, and you make it sound like he had a bad game. He was 2 for 3 with a BB and a stolen base.

[adam denick]

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Pujols 2 bombs, I say he hits 140 this year.

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More like 364.

[BWebb]

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In his Nationals debut, Soriano gets thrown out at the plate with no outs in the 8th. The Mets go on to win 3-2.

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I was surprised the announcers didn't make a point of this. Even though he was actually safe, it was just a stupid baseball play.

[Yankee Fan]

[Moneyline]

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In his Nationals debut, Soriano getscalled out at the plate with no outs in the 8th. The Mets go on to win 3-2.

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FYP, and you make it sound like he had a bad game. He was 2 for 3 with a BB and a stolen base.

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I make it sound like it was stupid baserunning, which it was. Getting thrown out/called out/out at the plate with no outs is nearly inexcusable, especially when the game is on the line. The likelyhood of scoring from 3rd with no outs is so great that there's no point in risking an even semi-close play at the plate. At least part of the blame should fall on the third base coach for not form-tackling Soriano when he started to round third... both should have known better.

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Cubs scoring all those runs in the 5th inning I think.