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Paul Sullivan: 2023 MLB season begins with new rules, old narratives and the same opening-day dreams

After the success of the World Baseball Classic, Major League Baseball begins its regular season Thursday at a ballpark near you. It’s a little like having dessert before a full-course dinner, knowing you’ll be full by the end but not caring a bit because it tasted so good. If MLB could bottle the feeling the WBC created and repackage it in October, when competition from the NFL typically ...
Construction continues on the DraftKings Sportsbook at West Addison Street and North Sheffield Avenue on Oct. 19, 2022, during the Chicago Cubs' offseason at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

After the success of the World Baseball Classic, Major League Baseball begins its regular season Thursday at a ballpark near you.

It’s a little like having dessert before a full-course dinner, knowing you’ll be full by the end but not caring a bit because it tasted so good.

If MLB could bottle the feeling the WBC created and repackage it in October, when competition from the NFL typically hurts its postseason ratings, it would do it in a heartbeat. Unfortunately baseball will have to count on getting a World Series matchup as

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