Konnichiwa from Tokyo: Oakland Athletics Opening Day Wrap-Up and Analysis

Inconvenient as the schedule might be, the Athletics began the 2012 Major League Baseball regular season "hosting" the Seattle Mariners in the Tokyo Dome. While they may have been designated the home team, the crowd was clearly behind the Mariners, in no small part due to the return of Ichiro Suzuki. In spite of a very good start from Brandon McCarthy and an RBI double from Kurt Suzuki, they fell 3-1 to Seattle in 11 innings. A theme from last year, the A's struggled with runners in scoring position, going 1-for-14 and squandering multiple chances in...

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