opening day

The snow is falling in the Washington Cascades and skiers and riders are getting excited about another upcoming season that starts on Friday at the White Pass Ski area.

The opening of the Central Washington State Fair. The theme this year is "Go all Out".

Felix Hernandez threw six inning shutout ball and Nelson Cruz hit a two-run home run in the first. The Mariners opened the season with a 2-1 win over the Tribe.

Cardinals leadoff man Matt Carpenter walked up to the plate, shook hands with the umpire, greeted the Pittsburgh catcher and got comfortable in the batter's box. Just like that, fans everywhere settled in for a fresh new season...

Today is Opening Day for Major League Baseball and the Seattle Mariners are hoping for an even better season than last under manager Lloyd McClendeon. After a heartbreaking loss in the make-or-break regular season game, the M's came up short...

In my house, we refer to Opening Day of a new Major League Baseball season as "New Year's Day." But as a fan of the Seattle Mariners, most of the time the first day of a new campaign is also the last day my team is in first place. Regardless, hope always springs eternal for baseball fans when the games start to count again and the ol’ hickory meets the hide...

The Yakima Farmers Market opens on Mothers day, May 12. Market Director Don Eastridge says along with the regular Sunday markets they are starting a Tuesday evening market in July. Eastridge says “the market will be held behind the Capital Theater and the old Nordstrom building downtown...

The City of Yakima's Fisher Park Golf Course will open for the season on March 29th. Fisher Golf Course typically runs through mid October. From opening day through May 25th, the price to play 9 holes will be $7.00. Regular greens fees at Fisher are $9...

Yakima Bears baseball opening day is June 20th at the Yakima County Stadium. KL Wombacher says they have lots of new promotions and a new kids club and the general manager says they don't have all the distractions they had last year with talk about a new stadium...

If Major League Baseball wanted to get more bang for its buck, moving Opening Day 2011 to Thursday, March 31 was brilliant. For the first time since 1976, MLB will start on a Thursday in order to ensure the World Series isn't played in November.