A sampling of baseball-related headlines from the Newseum, as well as occasionally some websites, with the occasional note from me on what they are talking about:

Headline: Rangers go up 1-0 on Blue Jays

Dallas Morning News: Rangers take Game 1

Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Rangers turn the tables, beat Blue Jays with homers

(Toronto) Globe and Mail: Everything goes bizarrely wrong for Blue Jays

Metro Toronto: OUCH! (on Donaldson’s injury)

National Post: TWO INJURIES AND A LOSS AT JAYS OPENER

Toronto Star: Relax: They’re down, not out

Other Canadian Metro Papers (Edmonton, Calgary, Halifax, etc.): JAYS BANGED UP BY TEXAS IN GAME 1

Calgary Herald: JAYS STUMBLE IN GAME 1

Longview (TX) News-Journal: RANGERS TAKE DOWN BLUE JAYS

Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator: ROUGH GAME

Ottawa Citizen: HIT BY A TEXAS STORM

Winnipeg Free Press: Jets fly, Jays Crash (on how the Winnipeg Jets won their opening game of the season, but the Jays lost)

El Vigia (Ensenada, Mexico): Yovani Gallardo pega primero (roughly “Yovani Gallardo strikes first”, referring to the Mexican-born Texas starter)

El Nacional (Caracas, VZ): Poder venezolano guió a los Rangers (“Venezuelan power led the Rangers”)

 

Headline: Astros defeat Royals to take 1-0 lead

Houston Chronicle: 2 out of 3 ain’t bad (referring to fact that three Houston teams- including the Astros, were in action yesterday, and two of them won)

Kansas City Star: GAME 1… GONE

Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader: HOMER-HAPPY ASTROS

Hutchinson (KS) News: SORRY SERIES START

Omaha World-Herald: Postseason thud for Kansas City

The Eagle (Bryan-College Station, TX): SO FAR, SO GOOD