Opening Day!!!!

[kaz36_rivals189319]

And on the very first pitch:

Opening day should be a national holiday BTW.

 

[Lars72_rivals313832]

And on the very first pitch:

Opening day should be a national holiday BTW.

Agree! Go Cubs go!!!

 

[schuele]

On a sad baseball note, Rusty Staub died today.

RIP, Le Grand Orange.

 

[BleedHuskerRed]

Ian Happ is on pace to hit over 400 home runs this season!

 

[planored]

Favorite day of the year, head out to a local sports bar in Plano for Rangers opener. Let's Go Rangers!

 

[Bleed Husker Red]

My annual joke. It's opening day and the Cubs and Royals have been mathematically eliminated from the post season.

 

[Charlie Marlow_rivals363743]

It's not really opening day until the Reds play.

 

[kaz36_rivals189319]

After the first inning of the Royals game today I was like

But then after the 4th inning I was like

 

[coach00036]

Tony Watson looking sharp for the Giants in LA. Joe Kelly, meanwhile Sick

 

[huskeroo]

W

 

[WoodRiverJennings]

LGM!

(Let's Go Mets)

 

[yunginsNU2]

LGM!

(Let's Go Mets)

Thor is gonna be real good this year.. ces says this team is better than the 2015 mets.. im excited

 

[ExxHusker]

After the Astros mowed down the three highest paid teams in baseball in a row to win the World Series I don’t know if anything that dramatic can happen this year but we got our pitcher in the offseason and we still have the most talented young team in baseball so here’s hoping for a repeat. Springer led off with a dinger yesterday - good omen I hope. (Although the focus is on the Rocket right now - and well DeShaun Watson’s knee.)

 

[mwulf]

Never understood why Opening Day wasnt always a SATURDAY

 

[planored]

Never understood why Opening Day wasnt always a SATURDAY

Tough to start a series on a Saturday

 

[mwulf]

just play 3-3-3 to start the year

 

[WoodRiverJennings]

Thor is gonna be real good this year.. ces says this team is better than the 2015 mets.. im excited

Yeah I saw he said that, I just hope that everybody can stay healthy. Nats are going down this year!

 

[WTFMatt]

Tough to start a series on a Saturday

Why

 

[schuele]

Why

Mainly because you would be swapping a Friday game for a Monday game, which is a smaller payday for the home team. Also the final game of the series is getaway day for the visitors, so it's usually in the afternoon. And having getaway day on a Sunday afternoon brings in a lot more revenue than playing on Monday afternoon.

 

[Jimmy Frank]

Yay, they all juice and hit 99 HRs a season...

 

[mgbreeze]

Yay, they all juice and hit 99 HRs a season...

Name one of the major professional sports that isn't rampant with PEDs. I will politely laugh in your face.

 

[WTFMatt]

Mainly because you would be swapping a Friday game for a Monday game, which is a smaller payday for the home team. Also the final game of the series is getaway day for the visitors, so it's usually in the afternoon. And having getaway day on a Sunday afternoon brings in a lot more revenue than playing on Monday afternoon.

So, it's only about money. Got it.

 

[schuele]

So, it's only about money. Got it.

Of course it's about the money. Most teams get big crowds on opening day no matter which day of the week it's on. So while having it on a Saturday would be better for a lot of working fans, Game 3 of the opening series would end up drawing a smaller crowd, with fewer $8 hot dogs and $11 beers sold. When is it not about the money?