Not only are the Arizona Diamondbacks gritty, grindy, and all those other cliched baseball adjectives, it's clear they're pretty creative as well.

How do we know? Just check out this cool photo posted by the team's official Twitter account revealing Kirk Gibson's opening night batting order against Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals.

(Diamondbacks on Twitter)That's all nine starter's bats lined up in order (yes, a literal batting order), beginning with right fielder Gerardo Parra's GP8 all the way down to starting pitcher Ian Kennedy's red Louisville Slugger.

Round one goes to Clayton Kershaw.

Starting a season in which the Los Angeles Dodgers-San Francisco Giants rivalry should be even more bitter than usual, Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw on Monday was a one-man Giant killer.

He pitched a four-hit shutout and hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth to break a 0-0 tie, assuring both sides of the Dodgers' eventual 4-0 victory. In doing both, he also made history. A few facts:

Bryce Harper wasn't the only super sophomore who posted a powerful performance on opening day. Over in Pittsburgh, Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo keyed his team to a 3-1 win over the Pirates with a two-run homer off A.J. Burnett in the first inning on Monday.

Rizzo's blast on the first pitch he saw was big because the rest of Chicago's lineup had trouble against Burnett, striking out 10 times over 5 2/3 innings. But it was also big because it flew an estimated 440 feet out of PNC Park and represented Rizzo's first home run of 2013. Not just in the regular season, but in spring training and World Baseball Classic action, too.

Rizzo hit .229 in preseason play for the Cubs, but did help lead Italy to the second round of the WBC with two doubles and six RBI over five games: