By Paul Hagen Even for Opening Day pitchers, there are no guarantees in baseball. For the 30 starters who were chosen for that ceremonial yet significant role, the ups and downs of the 2013 season have only reinforced that notion. …read more
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By Eric Single While Jason Heyward, B.J. Upton and Justin Upton won’t see the field until after the All-Star break, some encouraging initial reports on Saturday morning indicated that the Braves could have at least one member of their ailing Opening Day outfield back in the lineup by the time the team opens its first series after the break in Chicago on Friday. …read more
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By David Wilson By the end of June, Vernon Wells’ red-hot start had become a distant memory. His .232 batting average on June 30 had only been worse once since Opening Day. He looked lost against righties, and any semblance of power potential had vanished from his bat. …read more
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By Bill Chastain Jamey Wright never seemed worried during Spring Training that his sinker would be ready by Opening Day, despite posting a 7.36 ERA in 10 Grapefruit League outings. In four appearances this season, he’s yet to allow a run over 4 1/3 frames.
By Paul Post Aside from the recent Opening Day, the release of “42” this Friday, April 12, may be the date that generates that most buzz on this month’s baseball calendar.
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By Paul Hagen Fewer African-Americans are playing in Major League Baseball today than two decades ago. The percentage was 8.5 percent on this season’s Opening Day rosters. New data, though, demonstrates that the decline in African-America players, while steep, isn’t as precipitous as widely believed.
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By Jim Reeves The Rangers placed Opening Day starter Matt Harrison on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday, the day before he was scheduled to make his next start in Seattle. The move is retroactive to Harrison’s last start on Saturday against the Angels.
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By Joe Frisaro The thrill of Opening Day is only matched by the excitement centered around a home opener. Since the Marlins opened on the road on April 1 at Washington, Monday marked the start of their home schedule. …read more
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By Ewan Spence, Contributor While the definition of ‘accessed six million times on Opening Day‘ leaves some room for interpretation, there’s no doubt that Major League Baseball’s ‘At Bat’ application is a hit. Assuming like for like comparisons, the access count for the mobile app has doubled since Opening Day in 2012. …read more
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By Jenifer Langosch On Opening Day at Busch Stadium, there was an absence without Stan Musial, who died in January at 92, in that line. He had been a constant presence on Opening Day in St. Louis for the last 70 years. But while he may not have been at Busch on Monday, he emerged as the centerpiece of the Cardinals’ home opener festivities. …read more
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By Carrie Muskat It was Opening Day at Wrigley Field on Monday, and may be the last one before the Cubs begin a $300 million renovation plan. The Cubs are still waiting for approval from the city regarding changes they want to make, and negotiations are ongoing. …read more
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By Owen Perkins The Rockies won their second series of the season with a clean sweep of the Padres on Sunday afternoon. Opening Day starter Jhoulys Chacin made his second quality start, while the offense rallied early to give him a lead to work with en route to a 9-1 victory. …read more
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By Austin Laymance Clayton Kershaw, who tossed a shutout on Opening Day, struck out nine and allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings in his followup, outdueling Pirates ace A.J. Burnett, who also fanned nine while limiting the Dodgers to Mark Ellis’ RBI single. …read more
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By Paul Casella After the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, the Bayonne Little League fields looked unplayable for the upcoming season. Thanks to the Baseball Tomorrow Fund and money raised by MLB groundskeepers, the fields were ready for Opening Day. …read more
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By Jason Beck Prince Fielder’s two-homer game broke open what had been a back-and-forth battle, fueling a middle-inning barrage on the Yankees’ bullpen to power the Tigers to an 8-3 win Friday afternoon before the largest Opening Day crowd in Comerica Park history. …read more
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By Rhett Bollinger Joe Mauer picked up a hit before Thursday’s game against the Tigers even started, as a scoring change from Opening Day awarded him an infield single in his first-bat of the season on Monday. …read more
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By Corey Brock After a hunting injury that occurred in December, the initial prognosis was that Cashner would not only miss Opening Day, but would need three months before he could start pitching again. But the right-hander made his debut on Wednesday, tossing 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief. …read more
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By The Huffington Post News Editors
Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder and the rest of the Tigers may have been off in Florida for training, but that doesn’t mean we Detroiters forgot about them.
It’s baseball season, and Motown hasn’t forgotten how close we were to a World Series last October. The team will be back in action at Comerica Park this Friday to face off against the New York Yankees, and when they return they’ll be welcomed with not one, but several partie.
For Tigers’ fans who may not have gotten tickets to the big game, but want to root for their favorite team from somewhere else than the iving room sofa, we’ve assembled a handy list of Opening Day events taking place in Detroit.
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By Mark Bowman Two days after displaying their power potential against Cole Hamels in an Opening Day win, the Braves continued their early-season offensive assault against Roy Halladay and rolled toward a 9-2 victory over the Phillies at Turner Field on Wednesday night. …read more
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By Doug Miller Now that we’ve got Opening Day out of the way, let’s start thinking about what we might see over the course of the next six months when it comes to baseball history. …read more
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