MLB opening day offers clocks, shift bans, Ohtani and Judge BEN WALKER Associated Press Mar 29, 2023 Mar 29, 2023 Updated Oct 2, 2023 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A major shift in how Major League Baseball is played. About time, too.kAmp2C@? yF586 2:>:?8 2E 9:D @H? 9@>6 CF? C64@C5[ $9@96: ~9E2?: EC6?5:?8 H:E9 6G6CJ A:E49 2?5 DH:?8[ sFDEJ q2<6C ECJ:?8 E@ H:? 2?@E96C (@C=5 $6C:6D C:?8]k^AmkAmp==\$E2CD :? 5:776C6?E DA@ED[ 2 ?6H D4965F=:?8 4@?46AE 762EFC:?8 6249 E62> 724:?8 2== ah @AA@?6?ED]k^AmkAmx7 :E D@F?5D =:<6 E96D6 A=@E =:?6D 2C6 7C@> 2 >@G:6 — QtG6CJE9:?8 tG6CJH96C6 p== 2E ~?46” 4@>6D E@ >:?5 — :EVD ECF6]k^Am kAm~A6?:?8 52J :D %9FCD52J 2?5 E96 7F== D=2E6 :?4=F56D 82>6D 2E s@586C $E25:F>[ u6?H2J !2C<[ (C:8=6J u:6=5 2?5 *2?<66 $E25:F>] p?5 8@@5 ?6HD 7@C 72?D — E96C6VD ?@ D?@H :? 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