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- this is a fantasy baseball post, so if you're not into that you can just scroll on down to the comment section and leave your sarcastic remarks! (this is for the 2-3 of you who care about this kind of stuff)...

- yesterday was opening day for most teams and the first day my team collected points...here's how it went:

Hitters
Victor Martinez, C, Indians: 2 for 2, 1 run, 1 rbi, then he tweaked his hamstring...great
Travis Hafner, 1B, Indains, 1 for 4, 1 run,. 1 rbi, looking for "pronk" to rebound and have a big year
BJ Upton, 2B, Rays, 1 for 4, 2 rbi, hoping for 30/30 and loving that he is hitting cleanup for that team
Alex Gordon, 3B, Royals, 1 for 5, 1 HR, 1 run, 2 rbi...i got to see his home run during lunch at miller...such a beautiful swing
Edgar Renteria, SS, Tigers, 1 for 5, 1 rbi...not the type of player in normally like, but the SS i wanted got picked right before i was going to take him (by literally one pick!)...so i go with edgar and the stacked lineup of the Tigers!
Matt Holliday, OF, Rockies, rained out =(
Delmon Young, OF, Twins, 2 for 4, 1 run, 1 stolen base...love that he is running all ready, hoping for 20/20 (you can tell i went with some unproven, high upside guys)
Jeremy Hermida, OF, Marlins, he's on the DL (nothing new there) but should be back by the weekend (I'm using Eugenio Velez in his stead hoping for some cheap steals)
Frank Thomas, DH, Blue Jays, also rained out...i'm not excited about this spot in my lineup, i'm hoping i get lucky with either Big Frank or Hank Blalock or someone else...a gamble for sure.

Pitchers
Carlos Zambrano, Cubs, 6.2 innings, 5 ks, no runs, 0.60 whip, then he went out with forearm cramps...uggh.
Cole Hamels, Phillies, pitches tomorrow (he's supposed to be the more fragile of my aces, so i'm keeping my fingers crossed that Zambrano's cramps are no big deal)
Ian Snell, Pirates, crazy game yesterday 12-11, 12 inning game, X Nady hits two home runs!...snell started, 6 innings, 4 runs, 3 ks, 1.50 whip...ok, but not great...hopefully just some opening day jitters.
Tim Lincecum, Giants, pitches tomorrow...go timmy!
Clay Buchholz, Red Sox, a bit of a gamble but i like the rewards possible with this guy...pitches on friday
Shaun Marcum, Blue Jays, pitches this weekend...i thought he was a steal with my last draft pick!
Joe Nathan, Twins, 1 inning, 1 save, 1 k, classic joe nathan
Todd Jones, Tigers, 1 inning, 1 k...i'm also rolling the dice with my relievers, but hey, that's nothing new...i figure jones may give me an ulcer but he's going to get a ton of saves with the Tigers likely to win 95 games.
Brian Wilson, Giants, did not pitch, and he may not have many opportunities with the crappy Giants. oh well.

that's my team...3rd place after one day.

happy beginning of the baseball season to everyone!