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class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dodger_Stadium_Opening_Day_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Dodger_Stadium_Opening_Day_2009.jpg/300px-Dodger_Stadium_Opening_Day_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Dodger_Stadium_Opening_Day_2009.jpg/450px-Dodger_Stadium_Opening_Day_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Dodger_Stadium_Opening_Day_2009.jpg/600px-Dodger_Stadium_Opening_Day_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="caption">2009 Opening Day at <a href="/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium">Dodger Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Observed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2024 date</th><td class="infobox-data">March 28</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Frequency</th><td class="infobox-data">annual</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Opening Day</b> is the day on which professional <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> leagues begin their <a href="/wiki/Regular_season" class="mw-redirect" title="Regular season">regular season</a>. For <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB) and most of the American <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">minor leagues</a>, this day typically falls during the first week of April, although in recent years it has occasionally fallen in the last week of March. In <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a>, this day typically falls during the last week of March. </p><p>For baseball fans, Opening Day serves as a symbol of rebirth; writer <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Boswell" title="Thomas Boswell">Thomas Boswell</a> once penned a book titled, <i>Why Time Begins on Opening Day</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-opening_day_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opening_day-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many feel that the occasion is a moment to forget last season, in that all teams begin anew with <abbr title="0 wins, 0 losses">0–0</abbr> records.<sup id="cite_ref-opening_day_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opening_day-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pre-season <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_game" title="Exhibition game">exhibition games</a> are usually played in the month before Opening Day, during <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">spring training</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Home_(sports)" title="Home (sports)">home</a> opener is a team's first game of the season on their home field. </p><p>Equivalents to Opening Day occur throughout the sport, including minor leagues, <a href="/wiki/College_baseball" title="College baseball">college baseball</a>, high school, and youth leagues. Because MLB generally begins its season earlier than the other professional baseball leagues, its Opening Day is the one most commonly recognized by the general public. Most minor leagues start a few days later, but within the same week; the <a href="/wiki/Short_season" class="mw-redirect" title="Short season">short season</a> Class A and Rookie leagues are exceptions, as they begin in June. College, high school and youth baseball seasons vary widely depending on location and weather conditions. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Opening_Day&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FindlayMarketParade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/FindlayMarketParade.jpg/300px-FindlayMarketParade.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/FindlayMarketParade.jpg/450px-FindlayMarketParade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/FindlayMarketParade.jpg/600px-FindlayMarketParade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Findlay_Market" title="Findlay Market">Findlay Market</a> Parade at <a href="/wiki/Fountain_Square,_Cincinnati" title="Fountain Square, Cincinnati">Fountain Square</a> in <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Cincinnati" title="Downtown Cincinnati">Downtown Cincinnati</a> in 2015. The parade has been held annually since <a href="/wiki/1920_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1920 Cincinnati Reds season">1920</a> to celebrate Opening Day in Cincinnati.</figcaption></figure> <p>For generations, Opening Day has arrived amid pageantry. In <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>, home of the sport's <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Red_Stockings" title="Cincinnati Red Stockings">first openly all-professional team</a>, the annual <a href="/wiki/Findlay_Market" title="Findlay Market">Findlay Market</a> Parade marks an official "city holiday" with young and old alike taking the day off to cheer on the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Reds</a>. For decades, the first pitch of every major league season officially took place in Cincinnati, and the Reds remain the only major league team to always open the season with a home game (the sole exceptions, since the beginning of the 20th century, being in 1966, when they started the season at Philadelphia after rain washed out the opening series in Cincinnati; 1990, when due to a <a href="/wiki/1990_Major_League_Baseball_lockout" title="1990 Major League Baseball lockout">lockout</a> affecting the schedule they opened the season at Houston; and 2022, when another <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Major_League_Baseball_lockout" title="2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout">lockout</a> led to their opening the season at Atlanta).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a> have been the Reds' most frequent Opening Day opponent, visiting Cincinnati for 36 season openers, most recently in 2007. The <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>, against whom the current Reds organization played their first opener in 1882, are a close second with 32, most recently in 2023; no other team has more than 19 (by the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, most recently in 2014), largely due to the Cubs and Pirates rotating as the Opening Day opponents from 1899 to 1916, then the two teams and the Cardinals rotated from 1917 to 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the then-<a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Braves</a> relocation to <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a> during the 1953 spring training, the Braves swapped schedules with the Pirates and the Opening Day opponent for the Reds began to be rotated amongst the rest of the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbgtnm_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbgtnm-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fittingly, the Reds were also the first team to host an <a href="/wiki/Interleague_play" title="Interleague play">Interleague game</a> on Opening Day when the team hosted the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim">Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim</a> in the first year of year-round Interleague play in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 1994 <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Major_League_Baseball" title="ESPN Major League Baseball">ESPN</a> has often televised a regular-season game the night before "Opening Day" and recent years have seen the staging of season-opening series in <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>, Japan, and Australia. While these are technically "opening games", Major League Baseball still reserves the title "Opening Day" for the first day in which multiple games are played. (For the first time ever, three televised games were played on Sunday, April 3, 2016, before the traditional "Opening Day" slate of games on Monday, April 4.)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Astros.opening.day.2007.intros.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Astros.opening.day.2007.intros.jpg/300px-Astros.opening.day.2007.intros.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Astros.opening.day.2007.intros.jpg/450px-Astros.opening.day.2007.intros.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Astros.opening.day.2007.intros.jpg/600px-Astros.opening.day.2007.intros.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a><figcaption>Opening Day introductions at <a href="/wiki/Minute_Maid_Park" title="Minute Maid Park">Minute Maid Park</a> on April 2, 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>Opening Day is a state of mind as well, with countless baseball fans known to recognize this unofficial holiday as a good reason to call in sick at work or be <a href="/wiki/Truancy" title="Truancy">truant</a> from school (as most teams typically play their home opener on a weekday afternoon) and go out to the ballpark for the first of 162 regular season games. Teams' home openers serve as the only regular season games during the year in which the entire rosters of both teams as well as coaches and clubhouse staff are introduced to the crowd prior to the games; for the rest of the year, ballparks only introduce the starting lineups and the teams' <a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">managers</a>. Some teams, among them the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>, have had their broadcasters as the master of pre-game ceremonies for their home openers, which also typically feature appearances by retired players, local celebrities or media personalities, politicians, and other dignitaries. </p><p>Prior to Opening Day, the teams' managers have to decide the starting <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitchers</a> for the game, an assignment typically given to the <a href="/wiki/Ace_(baseball)" title="Ace (baseball)">ace</a> of each team's staff.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For a pitcher to start on Opening Day is considered an honor, regardless of whether they are on the home or visiting team.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hall of Fame pitcher <a href="/wiki/Early_Wynn" title="Early Wynn">Early Wynn</a>, who played for the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Washington Senators (1901–60)">Washington Senators</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, once said: "An opener is not like any other game. There's that little extra excitement, a faster beating of the heart. You have that anxiety to get off to a good start, for yourself and for the team. You know that when you win the first one, you can't lose 'em all."<sup id="cite_ref-opening_day_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opening_day-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, <a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Smith" title="Ozzie Smith">Ozzie Smith</a>, with the support of <a href="/wiki/Anheuser-Busch" title="Anheuser-Busch">Anheuser-Busch</a>, began a campaign using the <i><a href="/wiki/We_the_People_(petitioning_system)" title="We the People (petitioning system)">We the People</a></i> site on <a href="/wiki/WhiteHouse.gov" class="mw-redirect" title="WhiteHouse.gov">WhiteHouse.gov</a> to petition the U.S. government to make Opening Day an official <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_States" title="Public holidays in the United States">national holiday</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Memorable_moments">Memorable moments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Opening_Day&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Memorable moments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wilson_opening_day_1916.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Wilson_opening_day_1916.jpg/300px-Wilson_opening_day_1916.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Wilson_opening_day_1916.jpg/450px-Wilson_opening_day_1916.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Wilson_opening_day_1916.jpg/600px-Wilson_opening_day_1916.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3239" data-file-height="2244" /></a><figcaption>President <a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a> throws out the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day in 1916</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1907, the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_Giants_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> forfeited their game at the <a href="/wiki/Polo_Grounds" title="Polo Grounds">Polo Grounds</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>, 9–0, after rowdy fans made and threw snowballs. Without police available to restore order, umpire <a href="/wiki/Bill_Klem" title="Bill Klem">Bill Klem</a> awarded the game to the Phillies.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1940, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bob_Feller" title="Bob Feller">Bob Feller</a> threw a <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> to open the season against the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>. It remains the only no-hitter in Opening Day history.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Twelve <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">U.S. Presidents</a> have thrown the <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_first_pitch" title="Ceremonial first pitch">ceremonial first pitch</a> of the season. On April 14, 1910, baseball enthusiast <a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft" title="William Howard Taft">William Howard Taft</a> attended the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Washington Senators (1901–1960)">Washington Senators</a>' home opener at <a href="/wiki/Boundary_Field" title="Boundary Field">National Park</a>, becoming the first U.S. President to open the season in this manner.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a> threw first pitches with both his right and left arm in 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-opening_day_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opening_day-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 4, 1994, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> inaugurated the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a>' new ballpark, then known as Jacobs Field and now as <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Field" title="Progressive Field">Progressive Field</a>, with the first pitch.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> did the honors to inaugurate <a href="/wiki/Nationals_Park" title="Nationals Park">Nationals Park</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Nationals" title="Washington Nationals">Washington Nationals</a> on March 30, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> was a .449 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">hitter</a> in openers, with three <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> and fourteen <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">runs batted in</a> during fourteen such games and at least one hit in each game.<sup id="cite_ref-baseball-almanac1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball-almanac1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 4, 1974, <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> hit his 714th career home run on Opening Day at Cincinnati's <a href="/wiki/Riverfront_Stadium" title="Riverfront Stadium">Riverfront Stadium</a>, tying <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a> on Major League Baseball's all-time list.<sup id="cite_ref-opening_day_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opening_day-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aaron finished his career with 755 home runs. </p><p>In 14 season openers for the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Washington Senators (1901–60)">Washington Senators</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walter_Johnson" title="Walter Johnson">Walter Johnson</a> pitched a record nine shutouts. Two of his more famous starts include a 3–0 victory over the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philadelphia_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> in 1910 and a 1–0 marathon victory while battling the A's <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rommel" title="Eddie Rommel">Eddie Rommel</a> for 15 innings. </p><p>On March 29, 2018, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Davidson_(baseball)" title="Matt Davidson (baseball)">Matt Davidson</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> hit three home runs in his team's opener against the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> at Kansas City's <a href="/wiki/Kauffman_Stadium" title="Kauffman Stadium">Kauffman Stadium</a>. He became the fourth major leaguer with three home runs on Opening Day, following the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a>' <a href="/wiki/George_Bell_(outfielder)" title="George Bell (outfielder)">George Bell</a> in 1988, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>' <a href="/wiki/Tuffy_Rhodes" title="Tuffy Rhodes">Tuffy Rhodes</a> in 1994 and the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>' <a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Young" title="Dmitri Young">Dmitri Young</a> in 2005. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> were the first major league team to open their home season with a <a href="/wiki/Night_game" title="Night game">night game</a>, beating the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> 4–2 at <a href="/wiki/Sportsman%27s_Park" title="Sportsman's Park">Sportsman's Park</a> on April 18, 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first <a href="/wiki/Interleague_play" title="Interleague play">interleague</a> Opening Day game was played between the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels_of_Anaheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim">Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim</a> (AL) and the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> (NL) on April 1, 2013 at Cincinnati's <a href="/wiki/Great_American_Ball_Park" title="Great American Ball Park">Great American Ball Park</a>. The Angels won the game in 13 innings, 3–1.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The longest Opening Day game in major league history was played on April 5, 2012 between the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a>. The game, played at Cleveland's <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Field" title="Progressive Field">Progressive Field</a>, ended with the Blue Jays beating the Indians, 7–4, in 16 innings.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The previous record for longest Opening Day game was on April 19, 1960, at <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Stadium" title="Cleveland Stadium">Cleveland Stadium</a>. That game, lasting 15 innings, also saw the Indians in a losing effort, 4–2, versus the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>. The <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philadelphia_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> and <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Washington Senators (1901–60)">Washington Senators</a> also played a 15-inning season opener on April 13, 1926, with Washington winning, 1–0, at home. </p><p>On rare occasions, predominantly in the early 20th century, a team would open its home season with a <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)">doubleheader</a>. The first of these came when the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Americans</a> hosted the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philadelphia_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia Athletics</a> for two games on April 20, 1903, with Boston winning the first game, 9–4, and Philadelphia taking the second game, 10–7.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most recent Opening Day doubleheader in the major leagues came on April 7, 1971, with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> defeating the host <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> in both games (6–5 and 12–4, respectively).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1968, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Washburn" title="Greg Washburn">Greg Washburn</a>, a pitcher in the <a href="/wiki/California_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="California Angels">California Angels</a> organization, pitched two Opening Day games in the same year—first for the <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Bees" class="mw-redirect" title="San Jose Bees">San Jose Bees</a> of the <a href="/wiki/California_League" title="California League">California League</a>, and then for the <a href="/wiki/Quad_City_Angels" class="mw-redirect" title="Quad City Angels">Quad City Angels</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Midwest_League" title="Midwest League">Midwest League</a>. Washburn won both openers 2–0. This is the only record of a pitcher pitching two openers in the same year in professional baseball. </p><p><a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Hall of Famer</a> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a> holds the record among major league pitchers for the most Opening Day starts, doing the honors 16 times in his career with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The record for most consecutive victories on Opening Day by a team in history is ten, shared by the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Boston_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Boston Braves">Boston Beaneaters</a> (1887–1896) and the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> (2013–2022).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recent_Opening_Days">Recent Opening Days</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Opening_Day&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Recent Opening Days"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Major League Baseball had most of its teams open the 2011 season on a Thursday (March 31) or Friday (April 1) rather than the traditional Monday, in order to prevent the World Series from extending into November.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, most teams opened the 2012 season on Thursday (April 5) or Friday (April 6). However, subsequent seasons through 2017 returned to Monday openers for most teams. For the 2018 season, all 30 teams were scheduled to open the season on Thursday, March 29 (the earliest domestic start for a regular season in MLB history, and the first time since 1968 that all major league teams were scheduled to start the season on the same day, although two games were subsequently rained out and postponed to Friday, March 30).<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, MLB scheduled an even earlier opening day for most teams on Thursday, March 28; this excludes a two-game series on March 20 and 21 between the <a href="/wiki/2019_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="2019 Seattle Mariners season">Seattle Mariners</a> and <a href="/wiki/2019_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2019 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Dome" title="Tokyo Dome">Tokyo Dome</a> in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The opening of the 2020 season was originally scheduled for Thursday, March 26, but was rescheduled to Thursday, July 23 and Friday, July 24 due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2021 season opened on Thursday, April 1.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The opening of the 2022 season, originally scheduled for Thursday, March 31, was delayed to Thursday, April 7 due to the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Major_League_Baseball_lockout" title="2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout">2021–22 lockout</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2023 Major League Baseball season opened on Thursday, March 30. It was the first time since 1968 that all major league teams played and the first opening day that 30 teams played as there were only 20 teams in 1968. The opening of the 2024 season occurred on Thursday, March 28th; 28 of the 30 teams played their first game of the season, with the <a href="/wiki/2024_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="2024 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> and <a href="/wiki/2024_San_Diego_Padres_season" title="2024 San Diego Padres season">San Diego Padres</a> having played their opening game March 20 at the <a href="/wiki/Gocheok_Sky_Dome" title="Gocheok Sky Dome">Gocheok Sky Dome</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>. The opening of the 2025 season occurred on Thursday, March 27th; 28 of the 30 teams played their first game of the season, with the <a href="/wiki/2025_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="2025 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> and <a href="/wiki/2025_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="2025 Chicago Cubs season">Chicago Cubs</a> having played their opening game March 18 at the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Dome" title="Tokyo Dome">Tokyo Dome</a> in Japan. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_Opening_Games">International Opening Games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Opening_Day&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: International Opening Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th>City</th> <th>Venue</th> <th>Guest Team</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Home Team</th> <th>Ref </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1999 Major League Baseball season">1999</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Monterrey" title="Monterrey">Monterrey</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Estadio_de_B%C3%A9isbol_Monterrey" class="mw-redirect" title="Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey">Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_Colorado_Rockies_season" title="1999 Colorado Rockies season">Colorado Rockies</a></td> <td>8–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_San_Diego_Padres_season" title="1999 San Diego Padres season">San Diego Padres</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2000_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2000 Major League Baseball season">2000</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Dome" title="Tokyo Dome">Tokyo Dome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="2000 Chicago Cubs season">Chicago Cubs</a></td> <td>5–3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_New_York_Mets_season" title="2000 New York Mets season">New York Mets</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_New_York_Mets_season" title="2000 New York Mets season">New York Mets</a></td> <td>5–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="2000 Chicago Cubs season">Chicago Cubs</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2001 Major League Baseball season">2001</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico"><img alt="Puerto Rico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/45px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico" title="San Juan, Puerto Rico">San Juan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiram_Bithorn_Stadium" title="Hiram Bithorn Stadium">Hiram Bithorn Stadium</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2001 Texas Rangers season">Texas Rangers</a></td> <td>1–8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2001 Toronto Blue Jays season">Toronto Blue Jays</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2004_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2004 Major League Baseball season">2004</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Dome" title="Tokyo Dome">Tokyo Dome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2004 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a></td> <td>3–8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays_season" title="2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season">Tampa Bay Devil Rays</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2004 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a></td> <td>12–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays_season" title="2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season">Tampa Bay Devil Rays</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2008_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2008 Major League Baseball season">2008</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Dome" title="Tokyo Dome">Tokyo Dome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2008 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a></td> <td>6–5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2008 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2008 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a></td> <td>1–5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2008 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2012_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2012 Major League Baseball season">2012</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Dome" title="Tokyo Dome">Tokyo Dome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="2012 Seattle Mariners season">Seattle Mariners</a></td> <td>3–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2012 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="2012 Seattle Mariners season">Seattle Mariners</a></td> <td>1–4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2012 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2014_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2014 Major League Baseball season">2014</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Cricket_Ground" title="Sydney Cricket Ground">Sydney Cricket Ground</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="2014 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></td> <td>3–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Arizona_Diamondbacks_season" title="2014 Arizona Diamondbacks season">Arizona Diamondbacks</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="2014 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></td> <td>7–5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Arizona_Diamondbacks_season" title="2014 Arizona Diamondbacks season">Arizona Diamondbacks</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2019_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2019 Major League Baseball season">2019</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Dome" title="Tokyo Dome">Tokyo Dome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="2019 Seattle Mariners season">Seattle Mariners</a></td> <td>9–7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2019 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="2019 Seattle Mariners season">Seattle Mariners</a></td> <td>5–4 <small>(12)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="2019 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2024_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2024 Major League Baseball season">2024</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gocheok_Sky_Dome" title="Gocheok Sky Dome">Gocheok Sky Dome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="2024 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></td> <td>5–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_San_Diego_Padres_season" title="2024 San Diego Padres season">San Diego Padres</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_San_Diego_Padres_season" title="2024 San Diego Padres season">San Diego Padres</a></td> <td>15–11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="2024 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2025_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2025 Major League Baseball season">2025</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Dome" title="Tokyo Dome">Tokyo Dome</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2025_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="2025 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></td> <td>–</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2025_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="2025 Chicago Cubs season">Chicago Cubs</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2025_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="2025 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a></td> <td>–</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2025_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="2025 Chicago Cubs season">Chicago Cubs</a></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quotes">Quotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Opening_Day&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Quotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>In the beginning, there was no baseball. But ever since, there have been few beginnings as good as the start of a new baseball season. It is the most splendid time in sport, in part because baseball is about the only sport left—now that football players report to training camp before the Fourth of July, and hockey players start skating in Indian summer—that still has a time and is true to it.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/B._J._Phillips" title="B. J. Phillips">B. J. Phillips</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>There is no sports event like Opening Day of baseball, the sense of beating back the forces of darkness and the National Football League.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/George_Vecsey" title="George Vecsey">George Vecsey</a><sup id="cite_ref-opening_day_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opening_day-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>You always get a special kick on Opening Day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio" title="Joe DiMaggio">Joe DiMaggio</a><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>A home opener is always exciting, no matter if it's home or on the road.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Yogi_Berra" title="Yogi Berra">Yogi Berra</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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