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5 Best Yankees Opening Day Performances

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The New York Yankees will look to improve upon their impressive 75-38-1 Opening Day record when they visit the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.

We set out to rank the five best performances by Yankees in season openers, which was no easy task considering the volume of games for a franchise with such a rich history. Here are the five we landed on.

5. RON GUIDRY, 1980

Ron Guidry
Ron Guidry (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

“Louisiana Lightning” pitched nine dazzling innings on Opening Day 1980, allowing just two hits and no runs.