Opening Day of the 2010 season matched two teams going in different…
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A crowd of 33,196 showed up at Arlington Stadium for Opening…
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A crowd of 34,078 showed up for Opening Day 2012 at Tropicana…
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Opening Day is always a time for ceremonies and celebrations.…
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Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants and Duke Snider of…
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The anticipation might have been as great as any Mariners opener…
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The Seattle Mariners’ Opening Day 1989 turned out to be a special…
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Coming into the 2004 season the Padres had played 2,775 regular-season…
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On a chilly Saturday afternoon at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia,1 a…
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The 1969 Padres coaches gather around manager Preston Gomez…
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At the SABR Analytics Conference on Sunday, March 15, 2020, in…
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Before the Athletics relocated to Oakland in 1968, they hadn’t…
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The 1950 season began with a dramatic rematch between two rivals…
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The “first-place Washington Senators” may seem like an oxymoron,…
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Much was new for the Minnesota Twins in 1987 as they opened their…
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After three consecutive seasons of finishing in second place…
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April 5, 2010: Rangers foil Marcum’s no-hit bid, then win on walk-off single
April 10, 1980: Rangers’ Mickey Rivers runs home to beat Yankees on Opening Day
April 6, 2012: Pena’s walk-off single lifts Rays over Yankees on Opening Day
Bruce Robinson
Steve Trachsel
This Week in SABR: April 3, 2020
Ken MacKenzie
April 10, 1980: Cardinals’ Vuckovich shuts out defending champion Pirates on Opening Day
April 13, 2012: Giants’ Matt Cain pitches a one-hitter on Opening Day
April 15, 1958: Giants, Dodgers meet on the West Coast for the first time
March 31, 1996: Mariners recapture the magic, rally to win on Opening Day
April 3, 1989: Ken Griffey Jr. makes major-league debut for Mariners
April 8, 2004: Padres walk off in first game at Petco Park
April 6, 1974: Mike Schmidt’s Opening Day homer lifts Carlton, Phillies over Seaver, Mets
April 8, 1969: San Diego Padres win inaugural major-league game
April 17, 1981: A’s dominate Mariners in home opener for ninth straight win
April 14, 1960: Pirates’ Opening Day win foreshadows a championship
2020 SABR Analytics: Watch highlights from the Automated Strike Zone Panel
This Week in SABR: March 27, 2020
April 15, 1972: Fingers blows late lead, but A’s rally to beat Twins on Opening Day
April 18, 1950: Yankees storm back from 9-run deficit to beat Red Sox on Opening Day
April 13, 1955: Whitey Ford pitches and hits Yankees to lopsided Opening Day win
April 7, 1987: Twins start championship season with extra-innings win over A’s
June 1, 1921: Giants’ Dave Bancroft homers, faints, and hits for cycle