Believe it or not, baseball didn’t always start in late March or even the first week of April. Back in 1985, New York Mets Opening Day took place on April 9.
In front of over 46,000 fans at Shea Stadium, Dwight Gooden went up against St. Louis Cardinals starter Joaquin Andujar. Neither pitcher left the game as part of the decision because this one went into extras.
The Mets got off to an early lead with two runs in the first. They tacked on a few more in the early innings, but St.