Some say the world will end in Justin, while others agree.

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. This announcement, first of all:

Please be advised that tonight’s slate of games is one of the more — if not the most — interesting in the time that I’ve been submitting these daily previews. Only one game tonight (White Sox-Twins) has received a below-average NERD score — which, I recognize that, on account of it’s a totally made-up stat, NERD is possibly not what we’d call “entirely reliable.” Still, it seems to to a good enough job.

Six games tonight have NERD scores of 7, and another four have scores of 6. Even the games with 5s are probably more interesting than their scores might otherwise suggest, including games featuring Juan Nicasio, Charlie Blackmon, Josh Collmenter, Danny Duffy, Eric Hosmer, Michael Moustakas, Trevor Cahill, Jered Weaver, Peter Bourjos, etc.

2. Previews — some thorough-er, some not so much — for these five games: Indians at Tigers, Florida at Philadelphia, San Diego at Colorado, San Francisco at Arizona, and Kansas City at Oakland.

3. Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of tonight’s games.

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Padre Anthony Bass makes his major-league debut tonight.

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. A serious-serious preview of tonight’s game between San Diego and Colorado.

2. Brief, but scintillating, previews of Arizona at Florida and Atlanta at Houston

3. Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of tonight’s games.

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Zack Greinke holds a press conference in front of a forest fire.

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. Expanded previews for six games — including two with Charlie Blackmon.

2. Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of this weekend’s games — now arranged by time and hopefully more accurate.

3. Hella aplomb.

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Who watches the Blackmon?

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. An expanded preview of tonight’s Dodger-Rockies game.

2. An in-particular examination of Jhoulys Chacin’s increased ground-ball rate.*

*The same Jhoulys Chacin who, in turns out, isn’t pitching tonight. I give the reader my solemn vow that (a) he really was listed as the probable for Colorado when I ran the numbers last night and (b) there are still some interesting things about his ground-ball rate, even if they’re not relevant to the present game.

Also, Juan Nicasio — who is pitching — is also an interesting case and will suffice.

3. Brief previews of three more games: Boston at New York (AL), Arizona at Pittsburgh, and Oakland at Chicago (AL).

4. Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of tonight’s games.

5. Some total throw away-type lines.

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Look into the eyes of a Cubs fan.

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. An experiment. Instead of selected previews, the author has briefly previewed every single game.

2. Also, per usual, Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of tonight’s games.

3. A pioneer’s spirit.

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Charlie Blackmon in his natural habitat.

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. Expanded previews for three games: Rubby de la Rosa’s first-ever start (at Philadelphia), Marlin Brad Hand’s debut (against the Braves), and Charlie Effing Blackmon’s maybe debut (at San Diego).

2. Brief, but no less charming, previews for four (!) other games: Chicago (NL) at Cincinnati, New York (NL) at Milwaukee, Toronto at Kansas City, and Tampa Bay at Los Angeles (AL).

3. Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of tonight’s games.

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Felipe Paulino makes his second start for Kansas City tonight.

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. Expanded previews for three games: Chicago Nationals at Cincinnati, Toronto at Kansas City, and Clay Fight 2011.

2. Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of tonight’s games.

3. Moxie?

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This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. Expanded previews for, like, six or a hundred games — hard to tell.

2. Expressly not Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of this weekend’s games — because it hurt my ulnar claw to type all that junk.

3. Frequent appeals to the Wonderful Terrific Monds Player NERD scores JUST UNVEILED TODAY!!!!111OMG1.

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Larry Bernandez has the day off.

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. Expanded previews for three games: San Francisco at St. Louis, Houston at San Diego, and Tampa Bay at Seattle.

2. Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of tonight’s games.

3. Actual videos from MLB.com (as commemorated earlier in the pages of this site’s enthusiastic little brother).

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Oriole Brian Matusz makes his season debut tonight.

This edition of One Night Only contains:

1. Expanded previews for three games: Baltimore at Seattle, Los Angeles (NL) at Kansas City, and Milwaukee at Cincinnati.

2. A spirited, sometimes irrational, defense of newest Royal Felipe Paulino.

3. Pitcher and Team NERD scores for every one of tonight’s games.

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