Once again, baseball starts the season in a new place. Texas and Toronto open up on April 1 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a year after the Mets and Cubs played in Tokyo. P - Pete Rose. Another year passed and the all-time hits leader is no closer to Cooperstown. Commissioner Bud Selig is not about to take any action that would remove Rose's permanent ban from baseball.
Baseball hopes to speed up games by cutting down on dead time.
R - Rookies. S - Safeco Field. Home of the All-Star game on July 10. Would be wild to see former Mariners stars Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson and Alex Rodriguez return to Seattle for the festivities. T - Toe Nash.