Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 02, 2006
Game of the Day

The 2006 regular season kicks off tonight at the home of the World Champion Chicago White Sox as they face the team looking to unseat them from the division title, the Cleveland Indians. It's a battle of lefties as Mark Buehrle hosts C.C. "Milliliter" Sabathia.

The Indians didn't hit Buehrle last year. He allowed just a .202 batting average vs. the Tribe, and a meager .328 Slugging Percentage. He did an amazing job against the heart of the Cleveland heart of the order with the 3-4-5 hitters going just 4 for 40 with three walks, one homer and one RBI.

Sabathia did not face the White Sox much last year, but he kept their power in check. Chicago posted a .340 OBA against Milliliter, but managed just one double for a slugging percentage of .261. Sabathia was equal against righties and lefties in 2005 if you look at batting average, but better against righties if you consider OBA and slugging. With only three lefties in the Chicago lineup, that might work to his advantage.

Intellicast is predicting thunderstorms, but the temperature don't look too bad. The teams have tomorrow off if they need to postpone one day.

Enjoy!

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Posted by David Pinto at 09:18 AM | Matchups | TrackBack (0)
Comments

YES! Opening Day is here

Posted by: Phil at April 2, 2006 11:57 AM

Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

Posted by: rbj at April 2, 2006 12:14 PM

Why do you keep calling him milliliter?

Posted by: Jameson at April 2, 2006 12:45 PM

glad season is about to start and i don't have to here about barry bonds anymore. sarcasim///

Posted by: Colin at April 2, 2006 01:08 PM

Jameson, see "cc" and think metric. It might be a little precious, but it ain't bad. ;)

Posted by: Linkmeister at April 2, 2006 01:31 PM

I liked the ESPN nickname better:
CC "Splish Splash I Was Taking" Sabathia

Posted by: Gavin at April 2, 2006 02:04 PM

After this spring, my buddy's been callin' him BCC. The B is for Bad.

Posted by: Nat at April 2, 2006 03:36 PM
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