After 170 days of no baseball and cold weather, Opening Day has finally arrived. The sky is still cloudy but devoid of rain so it looks like we may actually have a ballgame! Here’s the starting lineup courtesy of the Boston Globe:
Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox, 4:05 PM
1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. [...]
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