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 ...
by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune
Mar 27, 2023
3 minutes
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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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