Baseball snuck up to a lot of people, with a lockout dominating most of the baseball news in 2022 and a truncated Spring Training leaving little build-up for the season. I actually prefer the abrupt start, as baseball dominates the year as no other sport does. And despite positive news coming out of the spring for D-backs team and players, Game 1 saw last year’s terrible performance leak into 2022, but all it takes is a change, and the D-backs proved it in the 9th. Maybe this season will be different.
Madison Bumgarner made his Chase Field Opening Day debut, as he had made the previous three starts (two as a D-back) against the Padres in San Diego.