This was the last game I watched during an opening day binge in 2012, and it was a simpler time. The Royals lineup has many names that were familiar during the 2014-2015 dystopian postseasons, but they weren’t very good yet and Bruce Chen was their opening day starter. Well, the latter may be different from the current reality in name only. Their opponent was the Angels, sans Mike Trout, who would not be recalled until later in the spring. But Jered Weaver cruised, giving up four hits, no walks, fanning ten, and making just 97 pitches over eight shutout innings. KC kept it close until the first four Angels singled in the eighth and Erick Aybar hit a bases-clearing triple. This was also Albert Pujols’ first game for LAA, lining into a DP, popping up, fanning, and being intentionally walked.
It doesn’t look as if any new notations showed up in my scoresheet. However, Betancourt's at-bat in the seventh featured a rate play for which you can see my scoring. He fouled off the sixth pitch, and noted fielding whiz Mark Trumbo muffed in foul territory. I note this by bracketing [CE5] after the regular notation ("F") for that foul ball (F because it was the sixth pitch). There's no need to note that the error occurred in foul territory because the context makes it clear.
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