Major League Baseball Opening Day is observed on March 28 every year. The day is the earliest Opening Day ever. (Seattle and Oakland played a pair of games in Tokyo last week.) The day will also be observed first time since 1968 when all teams started to play (in the U.S.) on the same day.
How to Celebrate Major League Baseball Opening Day?
Wear a hat – If you are a baseball fan then you must wear your team’s hat on Opening Day.
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Timeline
- 1876 – The first Major League Baseball game was played on April 22, 1876.
- 1910 – William Howard Taft threw out the first pitch attended the home opener in DC in 1910 and became the first president to throw out a first pitch.
- 1950 -In 1950, the St. Louis Cardinals was the first MLB team to play their season with a night game.
- 2014 – In 2014, Budweiser and Ozzie Smith introduced a petition to make Opening Day a National Holiday.
Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | March 28 | Thursday |
| 2025 | March 28 | Friday |
| 2026 | March 28 | Saturday |
| 2027 | March 28 | Sunday |
| 2028 | March 28 | Tuesday |
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Why do we love Major League Baseball Opening Day?
national holiday – Budweiser and Ozzie Smith filed a petition to get MLB Opening Day recognized as a national holiday in the year 2014.
FAQs
When is Major League Baseball Opening Day?
March 28.