No game today. On what was supposed to be opening day all around the majors, ballparks will be shut Thursday because of the coronavirus pandemic.
So while we wait and hope for baseball this year, some present and past sports writers for The Associated Press reflect on their favorite opening day memories, on and off the field: ___ April 5, 1983 Shea Stadium, New York What I've always remembered was the roar.
Way off in the distance, coming full throat from an afternoon crowd I couldn't even see yet. We were trapped in bumper-to-bumper traffic, inching our way toward the Shea Stadium parking lot.
Still must have been a half-mile from our seats — maybe more. Inside that huge, horseshoe-shaped ballpark, a favorite son had returned.