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Bill Plaschke: Hill could be opening day starter, and after his last exit, wouldn't that be something?

PHOENIX - Dave Roberts was asked about the most delicious of opening day scenarios, and he bit.

With Clayton Kershaw and Walker Buehler both moving slowly through spring training for physical reasons, could Rich Hill be the opening day starter?

"It could be," the Dodgers manager said Friday afternoon at Camelback Ranch. "Rich is in the mix. When you're talking about Rich, yeah, it could be Rich."

Wouldn't that be, well, rich?

The guy whose departure from Game 4 of the World Series essentially ended the 2018 season is the guy whose arrival will signify the start of the 2019 season?

The pitcher who is symbolic of the last straw of 2018 would throw out the first ball of 2019?

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