The Detroit Tigers offense could only muster eight runs and three extra-base hits (all doubles) while dropping two out of three to the Minnesota Twins at Target Field this week. They only needed one game in the comfortable surroundings of Comerica Park to equal those totals, as they rolled over the Yankees 8-3 in their home opener on Friday afternoon behind three home runs.

The bulk of the damage came off the bat of Prince Fielder, who connected on two of his classic uppercut swings for home runs while driving in five of the Tigers runs.

The first was a go-ahead, three-run blast off Boone Logan in the fifth inning that countered the three spot New York put up in their half. Yankees manager Joe Girardi elected to pull starter Ivan Nova in part due to his 96 pitches, but also to set up the left-on-left matchup with a pitcher who had limited Fielder to a single in five at-bats. It didn't matter a bit to Fielder, though, as he turned on a high fastball and lined it off the railing just

Josh Hamilton didn't expect to get a warm reception in his return to Texas on Friday afternoon (and he was right), but the response was much more favorable for one Rangers fan who not only made his own day by grabbing Ian Kinsler's foul ball (check the jersey) during the sixth inning, but also made the day of his female companion sitting alongside.

And boy did she let him know how happy she was — in front of the 48,845 fans in attendance and a live television audience — for the next several moments, and perhaps longer, by repeatedly jumping into arms and, well, thankfully the camera cut away or who knows else what we may have seen.

I know we've seen some pretty great fan reactions to catching baseballs over the years. Heck, we even saw a wild one in Toronto earlier this week when a fan caught a flying bat. But this lady's excitement is usually reserved for the much younger fans in attendance, like the one seated to their right, and certainly doesn't involve the physical interaction we see here.

I think I may actually have a few good theories to explain why she reacted the way she did, so I'll run them by you to see what you think.

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One for, one against the committee: Jim Leyland’s closer-by-committee experiment went smoothly in the Detroit Tigers opening day victory, but suffered a setback on the second go-round despite using essentially the same formula with right-hander Joaquin Benoit and left-hander Phil Coke.

Benoit was given the eighth and navigated through the meat of Minnesota’s order to maintain Detroit’s 2-1 lead. Like Monday, Leyland stuck with him to start the ninth. This time, though, Minnesota scratched out a base runner thanks to Trevor Plouffe’s walk. That's when Leyland went to Coke, which meant he'd have to retire at least one right-handed hitter in order to record his second save, and he wasn’t able to get it done.

Brian Dozier singled to put runners at the corners, and then unlikely hero Eduardo Escobar placed a ball right between Austin Jackson and Andy Dirks for a two-run double and a 3-2 walkoff victory for the Twins.

''He hit it a lot better than I thought,'' Detroit center fielder Austin Jackson said. ''I didn't think it was going out. I kept running, and it seemed like it kept carrying.''

Indeed the play and Jackson’s pursuit looked every bit as awkward as his description would suggest. It seemed both he and Dirks were going to have a good chance to haul it in, but the ball kept carrying and they kept looking at each other until it finally short-hopped the fence.

It goes without saying that making your major league debut is as big as it gets for a baseball player. However, for Atlanta Braves rookie Evan Gattis, the already special occasion will take on an even greater significance for several different reasons that we'll lay out for you.

First, and most importantly, is that his family was able to make the trip to Atlanta to watch his debut in person. Another is that he got to face-off against one of the best starting pitchers — recent struggles aside — of the current era in Roy Halladay. And to go one step further, Gattis also collected his first career hit off the veteran right-hander.

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That's almost a dream debut right there, but let me explain how the story gets even better.

Gattis' first hit wasn't just any hit. It was a solo home run, making him the first player to ever homer off Roy Halladay in their major league debut. That's a tremendous feather for his cap. But the cherry on top for Gattis has to be the timing. At the very moment he connected against Halladay, his father was being interviewed on the Braves television broadcast, meaning every time he goes back to watch that milestone, he'll hear, see and relive the reaction of his dad at perhaps his proudest moment as a parent.

(AP)Felix Hernandez became a filthy rich man this past offseason when he inked his seven-year, $175 million contract extension with the Seattle Mariners. That’s a lot of greenbacks, and as is always the case when such expensive deals are announced, I wonder what the heck any human being could do with $175 million or $200 million or whatever the excessive number of millions might be.

But hey, as we learned on Monday, at least Hernandez doesn’t appear to be the type who’s going to be stingy or selfish with his new found riches. In fact, if the special gift he purchased and delivered to former Mariners teammate and opening night opponent John Jaso is any indication, he’s going to be quite the opposite.

MLB.com’s Jane Lee tells us more:

Before the former teammates squared off in Oakland on Opening Day, Hernandez sent over a gift for Jaso as a thank-you gesture for last year's perfect game: a Rolex wristwatch that Jaso showed off proudly.

"Getting to be a part of it is way bigger than this, but this is definitely a really nice gesture," Jaso said. "He really didn't have to. I was really just happy with being behind the plate. He came through."

Hernandez inscribed "Perfect Game" on the watch, along with the date -- "8/15/12" -- it was achieved against the Rays.

Not only are the Arizona Diamondbacks gritty, grindy, and all those other cliched baseball adjectives, it's clear they're pretty creative as well.

How do we know? Just check out this cool photo posted by the team's official Twitter account revealing Kirk Gibson's opening night batting order against Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals.

(Diamondbacks on Twitter)That's all nine starter's bats lined up in order (yes, a literal batting order), beginning with right fielder Gerardo Parra's GP8 all the way down to starting pitcher Ian Kennedy's red Louisville Slugger.

(AP)The first notable injury of the regular season has occurred and it looks like it will be a significant blow to the Cincinnati Reds offense after outfielder Ryan Ludwick left the team's opener on Monday with a dislocated right shoulder.

The injury occurred in the third inning while Ludwick was running the bases. After Angels starter Jered Weaver uncorked a wild pitch, Shin-Soo Chin raced home and slid around Weaver's attempt tag to score their first run of the season.

Weaver then engaged in a quick and pointless argument with home plate umpire Dale Scott, which led to Ludwick attempting to move up from second to third. He was able to do so successfully, but an awkward landing on his head-first slide did the damage.

The extent of that damage is not yet known but it certainly didn't look good. Ludwick immediately grimaced upon impact and got to his feet with his right arm dangling by his side. He was also seen mouthing the words "it came out" to the trainer, so there wasn't a whole lot of mystery as to what the ailment actually was.

If you're a baseball fan you'll probably want to move ahead to the 2:00 mark of this video. That's when you'll really start to see the Alamodome's remarkable transformation into a temporary baseball stadium.

As you've probably heard, San Antonio's massive sports and entertainment facility played host to a pair of exhibition games between the Texas Rangers and San Diego Padres over the weekend. It was a first time ever event for the Alamodome, which was originally built to house football and basketball while serving as a convention center for the city and accommodating up to 65,000 fans. When it opened in May of 1993, it immediately became host to the Alamo Bowl. The NBA's San Antonio Spurs also called it home from 1993-2002 before moving into the AT&T Center.

Throughout it's near two decade existence though, the building had never hosted a baseball game until this past weekend, and it certainly made for an interesting experience. Not to mention a lot of hard work for the arena staff tasked with turning a non-baseball stadium into something resembling a ballpark.

It wasn't easy, but I think they did a fine job.