usually not until 2 hours before game time at the earliest Not always. The rare exceptions are these very early games, or the game coming back from all star break, late season games or playoffs. I think Lou is sticking with the same lineup just to avoid any perception of panic over the first one. One game shouldn't determine anything (although Theriot and Soriano's careers should have determined it long before now). Agree Jersey. I was giving Theriot a pretty hard time Opening Day (probably due to being out at 10 am that morning) and it seemed the people around me had the reaction, "How could you not like Theriot?" Not surprising. Bought a couple good tix behind home plate for today's game. I think TRL struggles a bit but the bats pick us up. I think we get the W today, 6-4. Gorgeous day BTW.