Brent and Ray's 2025 Opening Day diary

As per tradition (eight years running now!), Brent and I resolved to get our eyes on all of the Opening Day action. Of course, Opening Day was really last week for the Dodgers and Cubs; and the Rays and Rockies don't open til Friday. That left 26 teams playing their first game on Thursday. Intrepid reporters that we are, we watched all of them. We just kept an open chat channel where we shared our observations while we channel/window-surfed through Thursday's slate of games, and we're sharing that “conversation” with you.

Ray Murphy  3:06 PM

Happy Opening Day 2025, partner! I believe this is now Year 8 of this season-opening diary. What started as a thinly-contrived excuse for us to plant ourselves in front of our screens for an...

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