Time will tell if it's any less sweet as baseball comes off its 99-day lockout and truncated spring training. Nevertheless, the 2022 regular season is upon us.
Mark Faller and Jeremy Cluff The Arizona Republic PHOENIX — For baseball fans, these two words are the sweetest ones of any year:When do the Diamondbacks open?Arizona begins the season at home against the San Diego Padres at 6:40 p.m. on Thursday.
Interestingly, Bumgarner figured prominently in a Diamondbacks' opening day while pitching for San Francisco. In 2017, he became the first pitcher to hit two home runs on opening day. • Designated hitter. It debuted in the American League in 1973 but was only used by NL teams during interleague play at AL parks. A half-century later, the DH is now a fixture across the major leagues, which means we've seen the last of AL pitchers trying to not embarrass themselves at the plate or on the bases.
• Baseball did not institute a pitch clock, which has been tried out in the minor leagues for several years, but don't be surprised if that becomes reality in 2023. Also still being experimented with at some lower levels are larger bases , automated ball-strike calls and changes to the overshift that require four players in the infield at all times, two on each side of second base.
Not giving the No. 5 and 6 seeds a home playoff game will be something new for baseball, but also potentially acts as incentive for clubs to improve playoff seeding. Team president Derrick Hall recently said there is no threat of the roof collapsing, but inspectors informed the Diamondbacks that a broken cable could potentially endanger fans.
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