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Orioles manager Buck Showalter said it was a difficult decision to not start veteran designated hitter Jim Thome, the club's most experience postseason player, in Sunday's American League Division Series opener at Camden Yards againtst New York Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia. Thome did receive the start in Monday's Game 2 against veteran lefty Andy Pettitte.

If you doubt that just about everyone on earth was rooting for Brian Roberts to make a successful comeback from multiple concussions, the proof is in these words of encouragement that popped on Twitter an hour before BRob made his second start at second base.