Some highlights from Opening Day madness ... Colorado gets Byrned. Eric Byrnes turned a 5-6 deficit into a 7-6 lead for the Diamondbacks when he laced a two-run single over LaTroy Hawkins. He finished with three hits, two RBI and a run scored, and according to Down the Left Field Line, "met this year's higher standard for true elation." How many players can say they did that?
Battle of the Shortstops. Jimmy Rollins chirped all winter about the Phillies being the team to beat in the NL East, and he put his money where his mouth is with a home run among two hits. But his counterpart Edgar Renteria, though, had more money, a smaller mouth and a bigger bat, helping the Braves to victory with two dingers himself.
Age is just a number ... and Kenny Lofton isn't much a numbers guy. The Rangers lost, but the 54-year-old Lofton (okay, he's only 39) was in peak form atop the lineup, getting on base twice and stealing two bases. The same, however, can't be said about Sammy Sosa, who followed up his hot spring by going went 0-for-3 from the fifth spot.
King Felix reigns. Remember how Felix Hernandez was supposed to be awesome last year? OK, we jumped the gun, but he came out blazing on Monday with 12 strikeouts over eight shutout innings against the A's. I don't know about you, but I think M's fans are getting legitimately excited:
On opening day, Felix just put up a start that will likely go down as one of the ten best games thrown in the American League this season.
Johan Who?
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Thanks for the mention, but please fix your math. The score was 6-5 Rockies when Byrnesie hit his 2-run single. That's how the score got to be 7-6.
I'm like Kenny Lofton -- not a numbers guy. Thanks for the catch, I fixed it.