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Location: Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON


TV: Rogers Sportsnet
Radio: FAN 590

Game 1: Friday, April 1, 2011 7:07 ET
Game 2: Saturday, April 2, 2011 1:07 ET
Game 3: Sunday, April 3, 2011 1:07 ET

Probable Starters:
Game 1: Carl Pavano vs. Ricky "LL Cool J" Romero


VS.


Game 2: Francisco Liriano vs. Kyle Drabek


VS.


Game 3: Nick Blackburn vs. Brett "My
new forearm tattoo was not the reason for the decrease in velocity" Cecil


VS.


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Projected Starting Line-ups

Minnesota Twins
CF - Denard Span
2B - Tsuyoshi Nishioka
C - Joe Mauer
1B - Justin Morneau
LF - Delmon Young
DH - Jason Kubel / Jim Thome (against Drabek)
RF - Michael Cuddyer
3B - Danny Valencia
SS - Alexi Casilla

Toronto Blue Jays
CF - Rajai Davis
SS - Yunel Escobar
RF - Jose Bautista
1B - Adam Lind
2B - Aaron Hill
DH - Juan Rivera
LF - Travis Snider
3B - Edwin "E5" Encarnacion
C - Aaron Cibia / Molina (for Game 2)

Who's Hot Coming From Spring Training
Min - Delmon Young
Tor - Jose Bautista


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Other Series Notes:
- Morneau ended his season last year against the Jays, due to a collision with Johnny Mac
- Aaron Hill is still battling a sore quad
- Juan Rivera recently demoted to just being the DH
- Game 1 is sold out, Game 2 should have 40000 seats available.

Thanks for the series thread, looks great!

woooooo tomorrow!

Yeah baby

I'll be happy if both these things happen this season:

Lind bounces back
Drabek solidifies his spot in the rotation going forward.

Can't wait!

GO JAYS!




Ahh, my first indefensible abuse of power of the season. - Schad.

Have Romero on fantasy team this year, hopefully he kills opening day.

why do pitchers get forearm tattoos?

you have to wear long sleeves in the middle of hot summers....

Excited to watch this tomorrow night!

Putting up the records thread as we speak.

About time! Let's go, Jays!

GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH please tell me i'm not the only one here who has the "I'M COMING HOME" song stuck in their heads lol

evilRyu wrote:GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH please tell me i'm not the only one here who has the "I'M COMING HOME" song stuck in their heads lol

It's a good song

Let's baseball

I hope they start off the season on the right foot. Go Jays!

Hopping for a good game tomorrow but I have Pavano on my fantasy team so if we could get all our runs off their BP that would be great.

I'll miss the first 3 innings or so due to work... Maybe I should practice my "flu face".

Looking forward to this season. I don't think it'll be a great season but there are enough storylines revolving around young players to keep me intrigued... The most depressing news out of spring training, Cecil's loss of velocity. I know they're two completely different cases but I can't help but think of BJ and his "dead arm".

evilRyu wrote:GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH please tell me i'm not the only one here who has the "I'M COMING HOME" song stuck in their heads lol

YES. I've listened to it like 7 times today. Skylar Gray makes me cream buckets.

Throwback24 wrote:

evilRyu wrote:GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH please tell me i'm not the only one here who has the "I'M COMING HOME" song stuck in their heads lol

It's a good song

Another day, another dong~~~ Awesome song

Anyways, Jays gotta win tonight! JBau hopefully starts off strong, feeding off his awesome spring. Romero should be pretty solid.

Arencibia is his last name. Jp would be his first. Just FYI.

Mike Hunt wrote:I'll miss the first 3 innings or so due to work... Maybe I should practice my "flu face".

Looking forward to this season. I don't think it'll be a great season but there are enough storylines revolving around young players to keep me intrigued... The most depressing news out of spring training, Cecil's loss of velocity. I know they're two completely different cases but I can't help but think of BJ and his "dead arm".

No no no no no. Don't jinx us like that :S