Opening Day Shining Star: Felipe Lopez

Time to briefly meet the new Diamondback.

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Dude can rake.

You look on Google Trends right now, about 90 percent of the top searches are related to the suicide of Kal Penn's character on FOX's House and whether it's real. We'll clear that up right now: it is. Predictably, a lot of people had Google searches overnight related to UNC—"Dean Smith" is at No. 10—and a few baseball terms popped up, including Ken Griffey Jr, who homered in his return to the Mariners. One you might be surprised by? Journeyman and new D-Back Felipe Lopez, who homered from both sides of the plate in Arizona's 9-8 win over Colorado last night. Here's one reference on Lopez (it lists his favorite song as this) and here's another reference on him. Dodgers looked good last night too, but man, with that pitching—watch Arizona. Viva Lopez.

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