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knucklecurve.com - 4/1/2008
Let’s Play Fourteen
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Fourteen games are on tap for Opening Day 2008. Sure, the Red Sox and A’s played some games in Japan , but nobody on this side of the pond watched, and the Nationals opened their new ballpark in the made-for-ESPN Sunday night game, but today is when the season really begins. Ordinarily in this space I would tell you which games are most worth watching, but on Opening Day,
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