Wilson, who could have been San Francisco's opening-day pitcher, discovered a couple of weeks ago that he had a fractured rib.

Baseball's oldest player, 46-year-old Charlie Hough, is the opening-day pitcher for one of its two youngest teams.

If Frank Eufemia is fighting to be the Yankees' opening-day pitcher, how has he fared on other opening days?

I'm happy to be the opening-day pitcher.

Takes No Credit Ojeda reflected again on the fate that had cast him as the opening-day pitcher and decided he could take no credit.

And so Feller's opening-day gem is safe again until 1991's opening-day pitchers take aim at it after what will presumably be a normal spring training.

I have Johnson penciled in as my opening-day pitcher.

We're looking for Navarro to step in as our opening-day pitcher.

He wants more than anything to be the opening-day pitcher.

The Mets at least have their opening-day pitcher in place.