Opening Day 2012

Mariners
C - Moore
1B - Smoak
2B - Ackley
3B - Figgins
SS - B. Ryan
LF - M. Saunders
CF - F. Gutierrez
RF - Ichiro
DH - P. Fielder

SP - F. Hernandez
SP - M. Pineda
SP - J. Vargas
SP -
SP -

Concerns - Starting Pitching!!  Can the M's sign Fielder or do they think Poythress is good enough?
Will they trade Figgins before next year?  Will they get to draft Cole or Rendon?

Phillies

C - Ruiz
1B - Howard
2B - Utley
3B - Polanco
SS - Rollins
LF - Francisco
CF - Victorino
RF - D. Brown

SP - Halladay
SP - Lee
SP - Oswalt
SP  - Hamels
SP - Blanton

Concerns - Age, Injuries
Will Utley be healthy next year?  Will the Phillies resign Rollins?  Is the OF good enough?

Lineups

Mariners
C - Olivo
1B - Smoak
2B - Jack Wilson
3B - Figgins
SS - B. Ryan
LF  - Bradley
CF - Saunders/Langerhans
RF - Suzuki
DH - Cust

SP - F. Hernandez
SP - Vargas
SP - Bedard
SP - Fister
SP - Pineda

Concerns - Many!!!
Injuries - When will Guti be back?  Can Bedard stay healthy?
Youth - Are the holes in Smoak's swing being blown out of proportion?  Can Saunders finally start to show something with his new stance?  Will Pineda be dominant?  Our we expecting too much?  When does Ackley get here?  I'm so impatient.


Phillies

C - Ruiz
1B - Howard
2B - W. Valdez
3B - Polanco
SS - Rollins
LF  - Ibanez
CF - Victorino
RF - Francisco


SP - Halladay
SP - Lee
SP - Oswalt
SP - Hamels
SP - Blanton

Injuries - Utley, Brown - When will Utley be back? I agree with keeping M. Martinez, but I think Barfield should be the starter at 2nd and Valdez should be the utility player.  Sorry Petey.
Youth - Brown - Is Brown major league ready?  What if Francisco plays well?
Age - This team has a lot of players on the other side of 30.  I'm not concerned right now, but I may be in 2013.  And just FYI, I have no concerns about Ibanez and I hate Ibanez haters. 

OPENING DAY IS HERE!!!

I know the title of this post displays a certain over excitement for the beginning of the baseball season, but really I was excited when we got to spring training.  The normal opinion is that people are excited for spring training to start, but they hate how long it drags on and then they just get bored of it.  They want the "real" games, the games that "count" to start.  I get that, but to me, ST games are not less exciting than the regular season and I don't think they are boring. 

I digress.  I'm excited about Opening Day and I'm looking forward to see what happens throughout baseball.  There was already excitement with the Red's walkoff win. 

1st Post

I'm having a very tough time to decide what my first post should be about.  My current thoughts are:
Phillies Options at SS in 2012 and beyond
Phillies Options at 2B in 2011
Tacoma Rainers HR Power
Potential Lineups in the Mariners minor league teams

I will think of something.  Hopefully it will come very soon.