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On a day of new beginnings, let's welcome one more: The Wayback Blog. From time to time, we'll be using this platform to highlight articles in our archives that might not merit the full reprint treatment in The BP Wayback Machine, but that still deserve to see the light of day. With Opening Day upon us, I thought it might make sense to bring together some of our work devoted to past Opening Days as a reminder of the feelings, reactions, and analyses that the occasion has prompted over the past several years. To some extent, this is the Joe Sheehan show, since Joe has long been both a tireless crusader against the tyranny of small sample size and a man who enjoys his Opening Days, but I managed to dig up some Opening Day-related articles by other authors, as well as a few staff roundtables that might be fun to revisit with the benefit of hindsight.

All of these articles have been unlocked, so even if you're not (yet!) a subscriber, you're free to enjoy them in their entirety.

Date

Column

Title

Author

4/7/04

Prospectus Today

Two Days of Fun

Joe Sheehan

4/4/05

Prospectus Today

Opening Day Thoughts

Joe Sheehan

4/6/05

Prospectus Today

Deep Breaths, Everyone

Joe Sheehan

4/20/05

Prospectus Today

Avoiding the Trap

Joe Sheehan

4/3/06

Roundtable

2006 Opening Day, Nationals at Mets

BP

4/3/06

Roundtable

2006 Opening Day, Yankees at A's

BP

4/4/06

Prospectus Today

Eight Things I Learned on Opening Day

Joe Sheehan

4/3/07

Prospectus Today

Opening Day Observations

Joe Sheehan

4/9/07

Prospectus Today

Playing Games

Joe Sheehan

3/28/08

Prospectus Matchups

Opening Day Goodbyes

Jim Baker

4/6/08

The Silly Season

Prognostication Perils

Matt Taibbi

4/5/10

Roundtable

Season Opener Roundtable

BP

4/6/10

BP Unfiltered

Five Opening Day Storylines

John Perrotto

Happy Opening Day '11, folks.

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kmbart
3/31
Happy New Year!
pieman1121
3/31
I miss Jim Baker...