21.  Afterward, they pulled off their wool caps and peeled off their long johns and looked off toward Los Angeles, where their home opener and summer temperatures awaited.

22.  After the Rams lost their home opener to the Saints, Vermeil got a letter from season-ticket holder Jeff Roberts.

23.  All was forgotten, however, from the moment Ramirez hit a home run on his first swing in Fenway Park in the Sox home opener.

24.  But in this home opener, with a party-like atmosphere surrounding D. Forbes Will Field, not much bad was happening.

25.  But that hardly explained the total lack of energy at the season home opener.

26.  But not yet, not this Sunday, when they stage their home opener against the Colts and Jim Harbaugh.

27.  But the home opener offered man-bites-dog news.

28.  But then, who would have imagined this home opener?

29.  But this home opener fell into that category.

30.  But this was a wimpy turnout in a city where the home opener has always been a big deal.