Opening Day 2011 - Pirates @ Cubs
It's Christmas time for baseball fans and Santa's delivered the lowly Pirates to the Cubs. Of course, the Cubs went 5-10 against one of the worse teams I've ever seen play baseball last year, so the Cubs have that going for them. Don't forget to join the fun during our in-game chat. Folks come and go throughout the game so if you hang around for awhile, someone is usually sure to pop in.
LF Tabata | RF *Fukudome |
2B #Walker | SS Castro |
CF McCutchen | CF Byrd |
1B *Overbay | 3B Ramirez |
3B *Alvarez | 1B *Pena |
C #Doumit | C Soto |
RF *G. Jones | LF Soriano |
SS Cedeno | 2B Barney |
P Correia | P Dempster |
Undoubtedly Correia is going to throw a shutout today, but generally you have to laugh at a team employing a guy for Opening Day with a career 4.57 ERA and a 4.91 ERA over the last three years, the last two being in Petco Park.
My division predictions after the jump...
AL EAST
- Boston Red Sox
- New York Yankees
- Baltimore Orioles
- Tampa Bay Rays
- Toronto Blue Jays
AL CENTRAL
- Minnesota Twins
- Detroit Tigers
- Chicago White Sox
- Kansas City Royals
- Cleveland Indians
AL WEST
- Oakland A's
- Anaheim Angels
- Texas Rangers
- Seattle Mariners
WILD CARD: NY Yankees
NL EAST
- Philadelpia Phillies
- Atlanta Braves
- Flordia Marlins
- New York Mets
- Washington Nationals
NL WEST
- Colorado Rockies
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- San Francisco Giants
- San Diego Padres
- Arizona Diamondbacks
NL CENTRAL
- Milwaukee Brewers
- Cincinnati Reds
- Chicago Cubs - 85 wins
- St. Louis Cardinals
- Houston Astros
- Pittsburgh Pirates
WILD CARD: Atlanta Braves
Comments