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Opening Day is the day on which professional baseball leagues begin their regular season.For Major League Baseball (MLB) and most of the American minor leagues, this day typically falls during the first week of April, although in recent years it has occasionally fallen in the last week of March.
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Joe Buck will call his first nationally televised baseball game since 2021 on opening day. Buck will be in the booth for ESPN when the New York Yankees host the Milwaukee ...
It’s opening day for Major League Baseball—and all 30 teams will be on the field. Last year saw some big changes to the rules of MLB games, with pitch timers, a limit on the number of pick-off ...
The first live baseball of the 2025 MLB season have officially begun with the start of spring training games Thursday when the Chicago Cubs met the Los Angeles Dodgers in Arizona. The action ...
Start of Major League Baseball games depends on days of the week, game number in series, holidays, and other factors. As of 2021, most games start at 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m., or 7:30 p.m. in the local time zone, so there are more night games than day games even though baseball is traditionally played during the day.
Since Independence had played a night baseball game before any Major League teams did so, the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball took place in Independence, Kansas. Numerous references, photos, and media clippings discussing the first night Organized Baseball game are available can be found on websites. [10] [11] [12]
However, Opening Day is still just peering out over the horizon. The Dodgers and Cubs are set to kick off spring training on Feb. 20. Then, a month later, they'll open the regular season with a ...
The practice of having ceremonial first pitches dates back to at least 1890, when throwers were often a mayor, governor, or other locally notable individual. [1] Ohio Governor (and future U.S. president) William McKinley, for example, "threw the ball into the diamond" before an opening day game between Toledo and Columbus in 1892. [2]