Let's take a look at how some people did Opening Night…Livan HernandezWhat a great showing from our ace, huh? He went a solid seven innings, and only allowed two runs on seven hits.He had great location early on, struggled in the fifth inning, then re-gained his form to close out his night He didn't walk anyone, and had one strikeout. The bummer is that we have to wait five days until he pitches again. Pat NeshekFollowing up a great Spring Training, Neshek struck out two straight in his appearance in the eighth, but allowed a bloop double to Gary Matthews Jr. He followed that up by striking out the ever dangerous Vladimir Guerrero What a showing. I shouldn't have to wait long to see some more of him. Joe NathanNathan averages 40 saves per season in the last four years, and showed us why he is so good tonight. He had the chance to show former teammate Torii Hunter his stuff, and struck him out swinging.Nathan allowed one hit in the ninth, but ended the game by forcing a ground-out to short from Kendrick. Carlos GomezAnd I thought that he wouldn't be effective at the lead-off role Boy, was I wrong.

Gomez led off the game with an extremely long double down the left field line, and later scored off Joe Mauer's single.Gomez beat out a bunt-single in the third, and drew a walk in the fifth. After that walk, Gomez stole second and then scored on a Michael Cuddyer single He had a total of two stolen bases on the night. Wow. Brendan HarrisGardenhire loves this kid, and now I think I have a little idea as to why. Harris had two hits in the game, one a gift double.He did struggle in the eighth when he had the bases loaded for him with one out, and he struck out swinging.We are now 1-0, and lead the Tigers by one in the AL Central. While there's nowhere to go but down, it feels pretty good to be on top of the world. This article is also featured on Twins Target.

After a season opening 7-2 loss to the Mets, the magic number for the Marlins to clinch the NL East is still 154.The so-called “magic number,” which is the combination of Marlins wins and losses by their closest competitor that assures the Marlins of winning their division, has remained steady since the Red Sox won the World Series all the way back in October. “It’s tough to keep going,” said manager Fredi Gonz?z, “But I think if we just capture some momentum we can ride this thing out.” Despite the imminent end of the season, which is just 161 short games away, the team was confident that they would rebound from today’s loss. Second baseman Dan Uggla put things in perspective, saying “This loss is a bit of a setback, but we know what kind of team we have.We’ll come back out tomorrow and play as hard as we can, and hopefully we’ll be one step closer to the playoffs.” Still, there were worries in the clubhouse. “We just haven’t been playing well lately,” said utility outfielder Alfredo Am?ga. “Right now, we’re on pace to score only 324 runs this year and win less than one game. The way this season’s gone really has me worried.”But when he was told of the magic number, Am?ga was confident that the team could bounce back.“154? Oh yeah, easy.When I was with the Angels, we did that a few times.I believe in this team.” In response, the 2-0 Washington Nationals trumpeted their own magic number of just 152, which they feel gives them a decisive advantage.- Chatter Balks  This article is also featured on baseball blog, funny baseball pictures, funny baseball blog, baseball humor. Updates Guidance For 2009COLUMBUS, Ga.–(Business Wire)–TSYS (NYSE: TSS) today announced the results for the first quarter of 2009.Basic earnings per share (EPS) for the first quarter of 2009 was $0.24 and EPSfrom continuing operations was $0.26. The adoption of FASB Staff Position EITF03-6-1(1), which also requires prior periods to be restated, reduced full-year2008 basic EPS by approximately $0.02.

During the quarter, TSYS` earnings werenegatively impacted by currency exchange rates, losses from discontinuedoperations, costs related to international expansion and a general slowdown inglobal cardholder transaction volumes. TSYS` management has concluded that TSYS Debt Management (TDM), a wholly-ownedsubsidiary involved in the legal collections management and bankruptcyprocessing, is no longer core to its business and is not a good strategic fitgoing forward due to the large amount of reimbursable revenues and low operatingmargin. TSYS has signed a letter of intent with a potential buyer, and expectsthe sale of TDM to close in the second quarter. The accompanying financialstatements do not include any of TDM`s revenues, expenses, nonoperating income(expense) or income taxes in continuing operations.