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1995 Baseball season opener delayed until April 26
1992 Tampa Bay Lightning become 1st NHL expansion team to win opener (7-2) 1989 Mets win 11th consecutive home opener 8-4 over St. Louis at Shea Stad 1980 Phils rally from 4-0 deficit to beat the Royals, 7-6 to take WS opener 1979 New York Stars (WBL) home opener at MSG in New York City 1978 New York Yankees defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day 1976 Saleem Elahi, cricketer, bro of Manzoor Pak, Test opener vs. Australia 1995 1970 Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation 1968 Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge 1966 Blair Hartland, cricketer, New Zealand opener 1963 Mark Greatbatch, cricketer, big-hitting New Zealand opener 1962 Wayne Norman Phillips, Vic opener cricketer, Test for Australia vs. Ind 1992 1961 Robbie Kerr, cricketer, Queensland opener 2 Tests for Australia 1985 1959 Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer, big-hitting Indian opener 1958 Tim Robinson, cricketer, solid England opener in 29 Tests 1984-89 1958 Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo 1957 Rick Darling, cricketer, accident-prone/dashing Aussie opener 1978-79 1957 Graeme Fowler, cricketer, England left-handed opener early 80s 1956 Bruce Edgar, cricketer, New Zealand opener through the 80' 1956 Alvin Greenidge, cricketer, WI opener, no relation to Gordon or Geoff 1956 Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lanka cricket opener, 190 vs. England Lords 1984 1954 Chris Tavare, cricketer, England opener and occasional scorer of runs 1953 Graham Gooch, cricketer, prolific England opener and captain 1952 Ric Charlesworth, cricketer, WA opener, Australia hockey captain, MP, Labour 1951 Gordon Greenidge, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1974-91 1950 Bruce Laird, cricketer, tough Australian opener 1979-82 1950 Alan Turner, Aussie cricket left-handed opener, World Cup ton 1975 1949 Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricket player, opener, 10122 Test runs 1948 Geoff Greenidge, cricketer, no relation to Gordon, WI opener 1972-74 1948 Bruce Francis, cricketer, Australian opener in 3 Tests 1972 1947 Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricket opener, Gavaskar's partner for a while 1947 David Lloyd, cricketer, England opener, 214 vs. India 1974 1946 Rick McCosker, cricketer, fine Australian opener 1975-80 1946 Leonard Baichan, cricketer, WI opener, 103 vs. Pakistan on debut 1975 1944 Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricket, opener scored century in Test vs. Pak 1973 1944 Terry Jarvis, New Zealand cricket opener, 387 partnership w/Turner vs. WI 1972 1942 Barry Wood, cricketer, England opener in early 70's 1942 Roy Fredericks, cricketer, brilliant WI lefty opener 169 vs. Australia 1975 1941 Yankees beat Dodgers 3-2 at Yankee Stadium in opener of World Series 1940 Geoffrey Boycott, cricketer, stoic England opener 1964-82 1940 Keith Stackpole, cricketer, aggressive Australian opener 1966-74 1939 Shahid Mahmoud, cricketer, opener scored 16 and 9 in only Pak Test 1939 Brian Luckhurst, cricketer, England opener of 60's and early 70's 1937 Bill Lawry, cricketer, dour Australian lefty opener, Can talk a bit 1932 Conrad Hunte, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1958-66 1930 Jim Burke, cricketer, Australian opener of 50s 1930 Roy Marshall, cricket opener, prolific Hampshire only 4 Tests for WI 1928 Pankaj Roy, cricketer, Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad 1926 John Dewes, cricketer, England opener late 40's early 50's 1920 Reg Simpson, cricketer, prolific England opener 1948-55 1919 John Moroney, cricketer, Australian opener 1949-51 1916 Len Hutton, cricketer, England opener, 364 vs. Australia The Oval 1938 1914 Winston Place, cricketer, England opener in West Indies 1948 1914 Cyril Washbrook, cricketer, stalwart Lancs and England opener 1912 Bill Brown, cricketer, Australian opener of the 30's and 40's 1908 Jack Fingleton, cricketer, Australian opener of 30's 1901 In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Philadelphia 12-4 1900 AL opener in Cleveland draws 6,500 1866 J Osterhoudt patents tin can with key opener 1738 Bottle opener invented |
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