MLB regular season has arrived. Thursday was Opening Day in Major League Baseball, and 28 of the league's 30 teams were in action. We saw familiar faces in new places, including Juan Soto having a relatively quiet Mets debut that ended with the slugger striking out against Josh Hader in a loss to the Astors.

The 2024 White Sox had very few, if any, high points. The beauty of Opening Day is that all that is a sunk cost, and the season begins with a clean slate. For one day, that flawless White Sox slate remains, well, perfect. They should enjoy it while they can. -- Bradford Doolittle

Bobby Witt finished runner-up for AL MVP last season without a first-place vote as Aaron Judge ran away with the award. Witt hit 32 homers, a .332 batting average, 109 RBIs, 31 stolen bases, and a 9.4 WAR (second behind Judge overall and offensively).

Madness has been stealing a lot of the sports headlines, MLB Opening Day has arrived. Here's what you need to know.

As fans logged into MLB.TV to watch the early games on Thursday, many encountered error messages on multiple devices and browsers. The league promotes MLB.TV as the only way for fans to watch out-of-market games, and yet, on the first day of the regular season, the league was caught totally unprepared for the demand.

Hanks requested that MLB declare the scorecard "OFFICIAL & APPROVED," and baseball lightheartedly obliged. The level of detail on the official scorecard is familiar to all amateur scorekeepers. Look at the backward K's, borderline unintelligible handwriting in spots, and smudges denoting devotion to accuracy.

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