This year, opening day will feel slightly different.
Since first pitch is at 4:10 p.m., I had to shift the schedule a little to ensure I can watch the game.
That’s not abnormal – most years I had to queue up MLB.tv on my tablet while at the office. Nobody minded. If I was lucky, some years I’d be at the game, like in 2010 when Roy Halladay debuted and the two-time defending league champions bludgeoned the Nationals while thousands of us rabid Phillies fans cheered at Citizens Bank Park South. Or in 2011, when the stacked Phillies made us sweat it out before charging back in the ninth to beat the Astros on a John Mayberry Jr.