Opinion

The New York Yankees' payroll is also going to be a topic of conversation because of how much money is spent to put a product on the field. However, this season is different due to all the money being invested for what is clearly an inferior product. 

Baseball fans have it pretty good. They get to enjoy the best sport there is, and they also get to enjoy the best stadiums the sports world has to offer.

The best part about baseball stadiums is that they’re all unique. No two stadiums look alike, and no two stadiums feel alike. Major League Baseball’s 30 stadiums all offer a different experience for fans to enjoy.

Which stadiums offer the best experience, you ask?

The old adage tells us that the 162-game baseball season is a marathon not a sprint. One out into the first game of the season and Astros manager Bo Porter was sprinting out to argue about a botched call on a steal attempt by his second baseman, Jose Altuve. His complaints fell on deaf ears, but Porter showed his pregame excitement and enthusiasm wasn’t just for show.

A number of players enjoyed big games on Opening Day, but Clayton Kershaw bested them all in his first start of the new season for the Dodgers.

Hunter Pence might need some help on the proper use of sunglasses. 

The Dodgers and Giants opened play on a sun-drenched Monday afternoon in Los Angeles. It was the kind of day that mandated some sun-shielding eye wear if you were ever going to skirt any amount of pop-fly disaster. 

Well, Pence flew too close to the sun and got burned, dropping a routine fly ball in the sixth inning, producing one of the first bloopers of the season. 

We established not too long ago that, though baseball players can enjoy longer careers than most athletes, there comes a time when even the best of 'em have to know when to hang up their spikes.

Any news that involves Dylan Bundy and an “elbow injury” is never good.

It's really quite simple. Catch a perfect game: get a fancy watch. 

Susan Slusser, the San Francisco Chronicle's A's beat writer, gives a baseball-mad world a beautiful moment that will restore your faith in humanity—or faith that ace pitchers can still have some class. 

When it comes to classy organizations, the Cardinals remain perched at the top of the pecking order.

Adam Wainwright’s new five-year, $97.5 million contract extension further justifies the claim.

The start of the Major League Baseball season is the most optimistic time of the year for everyone involved. Fans, players and front office executives all feel like good things are in their future, whether that means just exceeding expectations or getting over the playoff hump. 

Baseball is also a cruel game that can knock you back down to earth in a heartbeat. Who knows what this season has in store for us? The magic of the game is you have no idea how things are going to play out.