Sunday 31 March 2013

The Big League Stew primer for Opening Day

Welcome to baseball's favorite holiday — Opening Day. It'll be a fun day here on The Stew. Once the games get going, we'll have our annual live chat with Yahoo! Sports baseball columnist Jeff Passan and the Stew crew. Be sure to come join us.

Before that gets going, though, we thought you might like to get up to speed on the season ahead. And what better way than with all the posts and videos that the Yahoo! Sports team has been putting together for the past few weeks? The Opening Day schedule and pitchers are below too. Play ball!

PREDICTIONS
Standings and postseason | Award winners and miscellany

DIVISION PREVIEWS
AL East | AL Central | AL West | NL East | NL Central | NL West

BY THE NUMBERS
- Pre-Opening Day power rankings
- Opening Day team payrolls
- Ranking all 30 Opening Day starters

SCHEDULE (all times Eastern)
• Red Sox vs. Yankees (1:05 p.m.) — Lester (0-0) vs. Sabathia (0-0)
• Marlins vs. Nationals (1:05 p.m.) — Nolasco (0-0) vs. Strasburg (0-0)
• Padres vs. Mets (1:10 p.m.) — Volquez (0-0) vs. Niese (0-0)
• Cubs vs. Pirates (1:35 p.m.) — Samardzija (0-0) vs. Burnett (0-0)
• Rockies vs. Brewers (2:10 p.m.) — Chacin (0-0) vs. Gallardo (0-0)
• Angels vs. Reds (4:10 p.m.) — Weaver (0-0) vs. Cueto (0-0)
• Tigers vs. Twins (4:10 p.m.) — Verlander (0-0) vs. Worley (0-0)
• Royals vs. White Sox (4:10 p.m.) — Shields (0-0) vs. Sale (0-0)
• Giants vs. Dodgers (4:10 p.m.) — Cain (0-0) vs. Kershaw (0-0)
• Phillies vs. Braves (7:10 p.m.) — Hamels (0-0) vs. Hudson (0-0)
• Mariners vs. Athletics (10:05 p.m.) — Hernandez (0-0) vs. Anderson (0-0)
• Cardinals vs. Diamondbacks (10:10 p.m.) — Wainwright (0-0) vs. Kennedy (0-0)

VIDEOS
Watch these from the Yahoo! Sports video staff and our baseball experts:

Opening Day is here. Don't miss anything.
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