And here's the pitch ... MLB season officially begins today
After protracted negotiations between Major League Baseball's owners and players led to a 99-day lockout, baseball officially begins with new rules and new faces.
Major League Baseball's opening day is finally here.
The league will hope to put an off-season of uncertainty behind it as baseball embarks on a somewhat compressed, yet full, 162-game schedule beginning Thursday. Here's everything you need to know.
Why the delay in opening day?
The MLB season was originally slated to start on March 31, but the league announced that it would be cancelling the start due to a breakdown in negotiations as the league and players association pursued a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA).
