Series Thread: Twins @ Blue Jays | April 1-3

pierro · Post #1 » by **pierro** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:55 am

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.

Post #2 » by **LittleOzzy** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:10 pm

Thanks for the series thread, looks great!

MGD24 · Post #3 » by **MGD24** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:41 pm

woooooo tomorrow!

Jimmy King · Post #4 » by **Jimmy King** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:52 pm

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.

TR50 · Post #5 » by **TR50** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:28 pm

Can't wait!

Post #6 » by **Klomp** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:12 pm

GO JAYS!

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

CapeCrusader · Post #7 » by **CapeCrusader** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:28 pm

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

Post #8 » by **YogiStewart** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:24 pm

why do pitchers get forearm tattoos?

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

zilby · Post #9 » by **zilby** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:12 pm

Excited to watch this tomorrow night!

Putting up the records thread as we speak.

khin_s · Post #10 » by **khin_s** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:39 pm

About time! Let's go, Jays!

evilRyu · Post #11 » by **evilRyu** » Fri Apr 1, 2011 12:14 am

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

Throwback24 · Post #12 » by **Throwback24** » Fri Apr 1, 2011 2:09 am

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 :oops:

Hoopstarr · Post #13 » by **Hoopstarr** » Fri Apr 1, 2011 3:49 am

Let's baseball

Post #14 » by **Geddy** » Fri Apr 1, 2011 4:33 am

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

WpgPage · Post #15 » by **WpgPage** » Fri Apr 1, 2011 5:08 am

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.

Mike Hunt · Post #16 » by **Mike Hunt** » Fri Apr 1, 2011 5:26 am

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".

Jester_ · Post #17 » by **Jester_** » Fri Apr 1, 2011 2:06 pm

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.

righteous015 · Post #18 » by **righteous015** » Fri Apr 1, 2011 2:15 pm

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.

jakapono24 · Post #19 » by **jakapono24** » Fri Apr 1, 2011 2:25 pm

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

righteous015 · Post #20 » by **righteous015** » Fri Apr 1, 2011 2:43 pm

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