The White Sox reintroduced Major League Baseball to Baltimore for the first time since 1902, as they played the new Baltimore Orioles as their first home opponent (the franchise had moved from St. Louis that offseason). Virgil “Fire” Trucks got the start for the White Sox, but the O’s beat them, 3-1, on the afternoon, starting a run of numerous unfortunate, strange and bizarre happenings at Memorial Stadium over the next 37 seasons.
1972
The first labor impasse to cause regularly-scheduled games to be cancelled caused Opening Day of the 1972 season to be pushed back.