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  The Cub Reporter: Opening Day Roster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The 25-man Opening Day roster limit and clubs having to cut players the last week of Spring Training to get down to the limit is one of the “Rights of Spring Training,” in some cases the “last rite” (so to speak) for a player.
If you look back at the Opening Day rosters from that 11-year period, you would note that at least two of the three “extra” players carried during the first month of the season were usually pitchers (and that was before the days of starting pitchers having their workoads limited by arbitrary pitch counts!).
The current roster limits and a cut-down to 25 players on Opening Day are fairly recent inventions and are totally arbitrary, and could easily be changed in future CBAs (the current one expires on December 19th).
www.all-baseball.com /cubreporter/archives/022146.html   (2423 words)

  
 THT Daily: Hitting Milestones -- The Hardball Times
Barry Zito (16-9) struggled all day and walked a career-high seven on Saturday against the White Sox.
A day after hitting two home runs and driving in seven RBI, Cardinals 3B Scott Rolen went 2-for-4 with two RBI as the Cardinals won 6-1 over the Gaints.
A day after learning that Red Sox RP Jonathan Papelbon would not pitch again in 2006, RP Mike Timlin filled in nicely as the Boston closer Saturday picking up his sixth save in the 5-2 win over the Yankees.
www.hardballtimes.com /main/article/around-the-majors-yankees-name-joh...   (2909 words)

  
 American League Opening Day History by Baseball Almanac
Baseball Almanac presents a comprehensive chart illustrating the percentage of Opening Day games won by American League teams.
Did you know that each column in the American League Opening Day history chart posted above can be clicked?
When the Texas Rangers opened the season on April 9, 1993, forty-six year old Nolan Ryan was on the mound making him the oldest Opening Day starter in Major League history.
www.baseball-almanac.com /opening_day/charts/AL_opening_day_games.shtml   (158 words)

  
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