It is Finally Opening Day

Fans have waited a little longer this year for Opening Day, but, the wait is over.

On December second of 2021, Major League Baseball owners voted unanimously to enact a lockout after the Collective Bargaining agreement, signed in 2016, expired. This was the ninth work stoppage in MLB history and the first since the early 90s. The lockout postponed Spring Training and moved Opening Day from March 31, 2022 to April 7, 2022.

The Cubs open the season in Wrigley against the Brewers at 2:20pm Eastern time for the first Major Leage game of the day after some games were moved to Friday because of inclement weather. Can the Cubs still win after trading away all the talent that got them to the World Series in 2016 or will the Brewers pitching shut them down?

This season there will be a twelve team playoff bracket, making it the largest playoff bracket in Major League history. With that in mind, can Giants repeat last season’s magic? Can Miami become contenders? Will the Mets be able to compete with their injury issues? Are the Yankees going to continue to fall?

Baseball is anyone’s game, but, the Yankees and Dodgers have done their best to make it their game by putting together “super teams” over the years. It did not work well for either team last year after the Giants crushed Dodger fan’s hopes with a solid pitching staff and the Yankees were unable to find answers for any position.

After the last couple years of Covid-19 causing major league sports to implement new rules and cautions, I think fans and players are ready to get back to normal and create a more exciting atmosphere at the ballpark.

So, from the words of AC/DC, “Let’s play ball”.

(All photos shared from google photos)