MLB Openers: History's Epic Moments

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Opening day in Major League Baseball packs history with epic moments.

Back in 1913, Brooklyn's Evans Field kicked off with 25,000 fans watching the Dodgers

edge the Giants 3-2, thanks.

To Casey Stingles inside the park homer, fast forward to 1971, and the Senators notch

their final opening win, crushing Oakland 8-0 behind Dick Bosman at RFK, Stadium.

Then came 1972, when a player strikes shut down the season opener for the first time ever,

wiping out 86 games before.

Settling, in 1979, Earl Weaver grabbed his 1,000th win as Baltimore topped the White

Sox.

In 1983, saw San Diego's Padre's Blas San Francisco, 16-13, the highest scoring opener

in 50 years, with Tim Lawler, pitching and driving in 3.

Expansion teams made noise too.

1993 had Florida, Marlins winning their debut 6-3 over the Dodgers, while Colorado Rockies

fell 3-0 to the meds.

Kansas City shocked everyone in 2003, going 5-0 to star after a 100 loss year.

Two years later, in 2006, Ivan Rodriguez went 5-5 with a homer and 5 RBI's, powering

Detroit to a 14-3 route of the Royals.

Records kept falling.

2004, feature Carlos Beltran and Shannon Stewart hitting game-winning homers on the same

day, plus Kansas City's epic 9th inning.

Come back from 4 runs down.

Toronto's 2012 opener stretched 16 innings for a 7-4 win, the longest ever.

Chris Davis in 2013 smashed a Grand Slam in Baltimore's home opener, setting RBI marks

in his first 4 games.

Hayrolls ballooned by 2015 with the Dodgers at $270 million, and crowds returned big

in 2021.

As 38,000 fans filled Globe Life Field for Texas Rangers' home opener, the first unrestricted

U.S. sports event post-pandemic.

These openers remind us baseball's full of surprises that stick around.