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Play ball! Opening day of the 2018 Major League Baseball season takes place on Thursday, March 29, and the schedule calls for all 30 teams to be in action. The 15 games will be staggered throughout opening day, starting with the Chicago Cubs vs. the Miami Marlins, with the first pitch scheduled a little after 12:30 p.m. ET. Among the most highly anticipated games for opening day, the 2017 World Series-champion Houston Astros face in-state rivals Texas Rangers starting at 3:35 p.m. ET, while first pitch for the New York Yankees-Toronto Blue Jays game officially starts two minutes later. Continue to Article

March 29, 2018 6:00:am EST

The Houston Astros will take the field as World Series champions for the first time. Giancarlo Stanton, J.D. Martinez and Eric Hosmer will wear new uniforms following an odd offseason when tanking teams helped sink the free agent market. Opening day is here. Continue to Article

March 28, 2018 8:39:pm EST

Yahoo Sports' Andy Behrens goes behind the scenes with Chicago Cubs infielder Kris Bryant as he prepares to prank fantasy leagues at Spring training. Courtesy: Red Bull Continue to Article

March 27, 2018 10:31:am EST

Cole Stechnij, lifelong fan of the Chicago Cubs, is about to make the selection that everyone in the room knows he’ll make. “Kris Bryant,” he says firmly, with zero hesitation. Cole prepares to launch his usual lecture on the unassailable greatness of Bryant, a player he never fails to draft. Continue to Article

March 27, 2018 8:10:am EST

As hundreds of thousands of Americans participated in the March For Our Lives in cities across the United States on Saturday, athletes took to the streets and to social media to lend their voices to the cause. Among them was Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo, a 2007 graduate of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 students and staffers were killed by a former student armed with an AR-15 on Feb. 14 in Parkland, Florida. Rizzo posted a photo of his family members marching "for their lives" in Florida. He said he was inspired by the students at MSD and every student, parent and teacher across the country who participated. Survivors of the massacre launched a movement to try to persuade Continue to Article

March 24, 2018 8:10:pm EST