opening day

This might be the year the baseball needs to try out some creative ideas. Here's one of them: seven-inning doubleheaders. Those have long been a staple of baseball.

Felix Hernandez doesn't think he could have changed the mind of Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais about opening day, even by pitching well this spring.

Felix Hernandez threw six inning shutout ball and Nelson Cruz hit a two-run home run in the first. The Mariners opened the season with a 2-1 win over the Tribe.

Ian Happ of the Chicago Cubs wasted no time in getting the first run of the 2018 MLB season plated.

While every team and their fanbase go in to each season with the ultimate goal of winning the World Series, that, frankly, just isn't realistic in many cases. ESPN.com writer Sam Miller has distilled the criteria as to what would make for a "successful" 2018 campaign for the Seattle Mariners

ATLANTA (AP) — Bryce Harper is making a habit of hitting home runs on opening day. The reigning NL Most Valuable Player homered in his first at-bat of the season, connecting for the Washington Nationals on Monday in the first inning at Atlanta...

Cardinals leadoff man Matt Carpenter walked up to the plate, shook hands with the umpire, greeted the Pittsburgh catcher and got comfortable in the batter's box. Just like that, fans everywhere settled in for a fresh new season...

Today is Opening Day for Major League Baseball and the Seattle Mariners are hoping for an even better season than last under manager Lloyd McClendeon. After a heartbreaking loss in the make-or-break regular season game, the M's came up short...

In my house, we refer to Opening Day of a new Major League Baseball season as "New Year's Day." But as a fan of the Seattle Mariners, most of the time the first day of a new campaign is also the last day my team is in first place. Regardless, hope always springs eternal for baseball fans when the games start to count again and the ol’ hickory meets the hide...