Shields to start opening day against Dodgers by Eric Stephen | True Blue LA — 2 hours ago Just in case the $75 million free agent contract wasn't enough proof, the Padres made it official on Saturday that James Shields would be their opening day starter, getting the call on Monday, April 6 against Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers. And Shields has another nickname besides "Big Game James," and this one is more baseball-y.
1st time pitching in Dodger Stadium and he faces off with the ghost of Sanford Braun. lets get your 1st loss out of the way, pal.
nah mon ze chinchilla be a squattin on the DL already... too many late nights with Quentin who was hard on his hips
The game is going to be a near repeat of the opener 2 years ago. Dodgers win 1 - 0 with Kershaw hitting a homerun.