Opening Series 2010 Schedule

Opening day is less than twenty-four hours away. Teams have been shuffling their lineups and making cuts all of March to construct the best lineup and rotation come April. It is time for baseball to run most of our lives for the next seven months and help us enjoy summer even more. Pain and frustration will become the norm but so will be exuberance and faith. Listening to ESPN talk about the Yankees 24/7 and wonder why no one mentions your home team despite being dead last or first. Believing that you could coach your ball club better than anyone else and claiming that you could be in the pros if you didn’t get “hurt” in high school will be discussed amongst friends. Paying $10 for just a beer at the park will help keep you broke during the summer despite having a job. In the end, it is what us baseball fans endure throughout the long 162 game season. It just makes summer that much enjoyable and gives us more reason to love the game even more

The first couple of series for most teams going into the season start weird due to mid series breaks and getting in the routine of traveling. Sunday April 4, the greatest rivalry in baseball will once again etch its name in the history book when the Yankees and Boston face off at Fenway Park. There will one last spring training game to be played, Marlins vs Giants. Then on April 5, majority of the clubs will begin their season.

April 4-7

New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox

Game 1: C.C. Sabathia (0-0) vs Josh Beckett (0-0)

Game 2: A.J. Burnett (0-0) vs Jon Lester (0-0)

Game 3: A. Pettitte (0-0)  vs John Lackey (0-0)

April 5- 8

Philadelphia Phillies @ Washington Nationals

Game 1: Roy Halladay (0-0) vs John Lannan (0-0)

Game 2: Cole Hamels (0-0) vs Jason Marquis (0-0)

Game 3: J.A. Happ (0-0) vs Craig Stammen (0-0)

April 5-8

Marlins @ Mets

Game 1: Josh Johnson (0-0) vs Johan Santana (0-0)

Game 2: Ricky Nolasco (0-0) vs John Maine (0-0)

Game 3: Anibal Sanchez (0-0) vs Jonathon Niese (0-0)

April 5- 8

St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

Game 1: Chris Carpenter (0-0) vs Aaron Harang (0-0)

Game 2: Adam Wainwright (0-0) vs Johnny Cueto (0-0)

Game 3: Brad Penny (0-0) vs Bronson Arroyo (0-0)

April 5-8

Los Angeles Dodgers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Game 1: Vicente Padilla (0-0) vs Zack Duke (0-0)

Game 2: Clayton Kershaw (0-0) vs Ross Ohlendorf (0-0)

Game 3: Chad Billingsley (0-0) vs Paul Maholm (0-0)

April 5-8

Cleveland Indians @ Chicago White Sox

Game 1: Jake Westbrook (0-0) vs Mark Buehrle (0-0)

Game 2: Fausto Carmona (0-0) vs Jake Peavy (0-0)

Game 3: Justin Masterson (0-0) vs Gavin Floyd (0-0)

April 5-8

Toronto Blue Jays @ Texas Rangers

Game 1: Shaun Marcum (0-0) vs Scott Feldman (0-0)

Game 2: Ricky Romero (0-0) vs Rich Harden (0-0)

Game 3: TBD vs C.J Wilson (0-0)

April 5-7

Colorado Rockies @ Milwaukee Brewers

Game 1: Ubaldo Jimenez (0-0) vs Yovani Gallardo (0-0)

Game 2: Greg Smith (0-0) vs Randy Wolf (0-0)

Game 3: Aaron Cook (0-0) vs Doug Davis (0-0)

April 5-8

Chicago Cubs @ Atlanta Braves

Game 1: Carlos Zambrano (0-0) vs Derek Lowe (0-0)

Game 2: Ryan Dempster (0-) vs Jair Jurrjens (0-0)

Game 3: Randy Wells (0-0) Tommy Hanson (0-0)

April 5-8

Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals

Game 1: Justin Verlander (0-0) vs Zack Greinke (0-0)

Game 2: Max Scherzer (0-0) vs Luke Hochevar (0-0)

Game 3: Dontrelle Willis vs Brain Bannister (0-0)

April 5-7

San Diego Padres @ Arizona Diamondbacks

Game 1: Jon Garland (0-0) vs Dan Haren (0-0)

Game 2: Chris Young (0-0) vs Edwin Jackson (0-0)

Game 3: Kevin Correira (0-0) vs Ian Kennedy (0-0)

April 5-7

San Francisco Giants @ Houston Astros

Game 1: Tim Lincecum (0-0) vs Roy Oswalt (0-0)

Game 2: Barry Zito (0-0) vs Wandy Rodriguez (0-0)

Game 3: Matt Cain (0-0) vs Brett Myers (0-0)

April 5-8

Minnesota Twins @ Los Angeles Angels

Game 1: Scott Baker (0-0) Jered Weaver (0-0)

Game 2: Nick Blackburn (0-0) vs Joe Saunders (0-0)

Game 3: Carl Pavano (0-0) vs Ervin Santana (0-0)

Game 4: Kevin Slowey (0-0) vs TBD

April 5-8

Seattle Mariners vs Oakland Athletics

Game 1: Felix Hernandez (0-0) vs Ben Sheets (0-0)

Game 2: Ian Snell ( 0-0) vs Dallas Braden (0-0)

Game 3: Ryan Rowland-Smith (0-0) vs Justin Duchscherer (0-0)

Game 4: TBD vs Brett Anderson (0-0)

April 6-8

Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays

Game 1: Kevin Millwood (0-0) vs James Shields (0-0)

Game 2: Jeremy Guthrie (0-0) vs Matt Garza (0-0)

Game 3: Brian Matusz (0-0) vs Jeff Niemann (0-0)