Opening Day is a special time. It represents hope and a new beginning for all teams, it’s a necessary step on the way to full blown summer after a dark and baseball-less winter, and it’s even been proposed for it to be a national holiday. It’s the one day all year that all teams are tied and starting at the place.
The Rockies opened last season in similar fashion to how they will open this one on Friday: at home against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Those two times have been the only two times the Rockies have opened against the Dodgers, surprising, considering they’ve opened against the co-division rival Diamondbacks eight times to date.