The Orioles' March 28 visit to Yankee Stadium on Opening Day will be a 1:05 p.m. first pitch and televised nationally on ESPN, Major League Baseball announced Wednesday.
With an afternoon start on what's being referred to as traditional Opening Day — the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners play the previous week in the Tokyo Dome — the Orioles will play three afternoon games in New York during their first road trip of the season.
While the nation will be getting its first wide-scale look at an Orioles team under new manager Brandon Hyde, ESPN might also be betting that the Yankees have a star like Manny Machado or Bryce Harper in pinstripes to complement their signings of Troy Tulowitzki and former Oriole Zach Britton.