31.   Everyone involved with the Yankees wished it were really opening day.

32.   FLAMARLINS-LESSON -- Opening day was fun for the Florida Marlins, who hit well enough and pitched well enough to come up with a pretty exciting win.

33.   For a team that has looked to find its way since opening day, it was a priceless day.

34.   Fox Sports Net should have given us a show to reward those of us who cut into their sleep to catch opening day.

35.   Fullmer could open the season at first, with Spiezio slated to begin serving a six-game suspension on opening day.

36.   Having known since February he would start opening day, Wade Miller dismisses any talk of nerves.

37.   He did tell a handful of reporters that he enjoyed opening day as a child in Cincinnati because he could skip school to go to the game.

38.   Harnisch bounced around the clubhouse at Shea Stadium before the game with St. Louis, anxious to pitch for the first time in the majors since opening day.

39.   He helped save the Yankees before Boggs completed his three-hit game and before Tartabull clubbed his second homer since opening day.

40.   He opened his day at a San Francisco hospital where he spoke about the need for stronger gun-control restrictions.