<P> Major League Baseball had most of its teams open the 2011 season on a Thursday ( March 31 ) or Friday ( April 1 ) rather than the traditional Monday , in order to prevent the World Series from extending into November . Similarly , most teams opened the 2012 season on Thursday ( April 5 ) or Friday ( April 6 ) . However , subsequent seasons through 2017 returned to Monday openers for most teams . For the 2018 season , all 30 teams were scheduled to open the season on Thursday , March 29 ( the earliest domestic start for a regular season in MLB history , and the first time since 1968 that all major league teams were scheduled to start the season on the same day , although two games were subsequently rained out and postponed to Friday , March 30 ) . </P>
<P> Major League Baseball had most of its teams open the 2011 season on a Thursday ( March 31 ) or Friday ( April 1 ) rather than the traditional Monday , in order to prevent the World Series from extending into November . Similarly , most teams opened the 2012 season on Thursday ( April 5 ) or Friday ( April 6 ) . However , subsequent seasons through 2017 returned to Monday openers for most teams . For the 2018 season , all 30 teams were scheduled to open the season on Thursday , March 29 ( the earliest domestic start for a regular season in MLB history , and the first time since 1968 that all major league teams were scheduled to start the season on the same day , although two games were subsequently rained out and postponed to Friday , March 30 ) . </P>
when is opening day of major league baseball
when is opening day of major league baseball
Thursday , March 29
Thursday , March 29