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Even if baseball ain’t what it used to be, the hope of an opener endures

COMMENTARY

Today is a day to celebrate.

It is a simple, straightforward idea at a time when we could use the chance to not think for a few hours. The 111th season of baseball at Fenway Park is scheduled to begin this afternoon, and if only for a day, anything beyond that is gravy.

Cincinnati’s staged a parade on Opening Day for more than a century, which really feels like an idea Boston would’ve tried to swipe by now. The April average temperature here being south of 50 degrees probably plays a part in not.