5. 2003: Go Go Godzilla

Right about now we should be chomping at the bit for baseball’s Opening Day, but due to current circumstances, baseball is nowhere in sight. The New York Yankees were scheduled to begin their home season on April 2 against the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Yankees won their prior two home openers – Didi Gregorius (sniff, sniff) homered twice in an 11-4 pounding of the Tampa Bay Rays in 2018. Last year, Luke Voit homered and drove in four runs in a 7-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Even Greg Bird homered in the win.

There have been many glorious home openers in the franchise’s long history. There was Derek Jeter’s first season in the Bronx, the 2010 opener when CC Sabathia and company received…