Bring Opening Day back to America
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Did today feel like the Opening Day of baseball? It was. Sort of. According to the record books and the league commish this morning’s 6-5 Red Sox win over the A’s officially kicked off the 2008 season.
Frankly, as a baseball fan, the whole thing sucks.
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