Opening Day Special: A Look Back in Headlines

2011: “New season brings new hope for Manny Ramirez.”

1999: “Will this be the last season of baseball before the Earth is destroyed by Y2K?”

1969: “Welcome to the Montreal Expos, a team that will be in Montreal forever.”

1871: “Base Ball? This new sport will never last.”





Jeremy Blachman is the author of Anonymous Lawyer, a satirical novel that should make people who didn't go to law school feel good about their life choices. Read more at McSweeney's or elsewhere. He likes e-mail.

3 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
bowie
13 years ago

Today is opening day? can’t be.
there were two games in tokyo last week. one game today. 7 tomorrow, 9 friday. why should today get the title of ‘opening day’? there is no more ‘opening day.’ Selig kilt it.

nu billy baroo
13 years ago
Reply to  bowie

the image of him in a kilt, kilt my brain