Tuesday's first pitch: Opening Day: Part II

We'll lead off with all things Orioles, the team that smoked the Yankees.
Orioles fans had a loud message for hometown boy Mark Teixiera.
And how good is it to be an Oriole today? You have the Yankees in a panic.
Vice President Joe Biden skipped work to throw out the first pitch.Meanwhile in Texas, W tossed out the first pitch.
In fact, the only problem with the Orioles game was hearing Joe Angel yell, "Hail Cesar" on Cesar Izturtis' home run.

Here's a recap of yesterday's games involving the regon's teams, plus a bit about the 0-1 World Champs.

• So the Pirates were going to drop another game. Not news. They were down to their last strike and trailed by two runs. Then Jack Wilson sparked a Steel City
explosion. Manager John Russell tweaked the lineup.
• In Miami, Emilio Bonifacio became the first player since Carl Yastrzemski to hit an inside-the-park home run on Opening Day. He teamed with Ricky Nolasco and Hanley Ramirez to overpower the Nationals, 12-6. The good news, however, is Thomas Boswell saw leadership in Adam Dunn.
• Is it a problem that the World Champs lineup is more left-leaning than Nancy Pelosi?

Now for a recap of some news from other teams.

• The Mets new bullpen looked bullish.
• In soggy Boston, Chad Finn took time to ponder problems, possibilities and parquet gliding point guards. Wait a minute, that's a basketball reference
• What's going on in Texas? The Rangers have a winning record
• Ken Griffey homered.
• How fun was Opening Day in Houston? A lot for the Chicago Cubs. Carlos Zambrano outdueled Roy Oswalt in a matchup of two of the National League's best starts.
• The Blue Jays, and Roy Halladay got the win. The big righty didn't pitch well, but he's on his way to another 20-win season.

Lastly, here are some league-wide stories.

• The Dallas Morning News has a piece on the importance of ERA
and other stats over wins in pitching.

• It's a bit late, but here's Tom Verducci's preview to the 2009 season.