The decision to move the Braves to Milwaukee was announced the previous year. It was the first big league baseball in ...

Opening day for the Columbus Clingstones is April 15, which kicks off the first of 69 home games against various Double-A ...

1947 — Jackie Robinson played his first major league game for the Dodgers. He went 0-for-3, but scored the deciding run in a ...

On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on the third U.S. moon-landing mission.

1957 — President Eisenhower officially opened the 1956 season by tossing out the first ball at Griffith Stadium in Washington D.C. The ball was the 10 millionth Spalding baseball to be used in major ...

1985 — Marvin Hagler retains his world middleweight title by stopping Tommas Hearns in the third round at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Both slug it out with reckless abandon for eight minutes, which ...

While Dallas’ Scheffler has been building sweet Masters memories, McIlroy has demons to exorcise having gone 0-for-16 in ...

1994 — Recently-retired NBA legend Michael Jordan makes his professional baseball debut by going hitless for AA Birmingham.

1993 — The expansion Florida Marlins won their first ... including nearly $44 million going to players no longer on the team. Major League Baseball’s average salary on opening day also set a mark at ...

1988 — George Bell became the first player to hit three home runs on opening day, leading the Toronto Blue Jays past the Kansas City Royals 5-3. Bell, bitter throughout spring training with his move ...

EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPENING DAY GAME AND THOUSANDS OF FANS STREAMING INTO SUTTER HEALTH PARK. IT STARTED AS A FESTIVE NIGHT WITH FANS EXCITED ABOUT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL’S ARRIVAL HERE IN OUR ...

MLB's Opening Day kicked off the 2025 season with a bang across the league, some in more parks than others. There's good news, great performances, and no shortage of dingers. Here's the best of ...