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5(ish) Things to Know Before MLB Opening Day 2025
5(ish) Things to Know Before MLB Opening Day 2025

The MLB 2025 season begins… wait… IT BEGAN ON MARCH 18?! Technically, yes! The regular season began even before the Spring Equinox in Tokyo with a two-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs. If you haven’t paid close attention to baseball in recent years or if your mind has been occupied by *hand gestures toward the sky and all around*, this may come as a surprise, but it is actually the sixth time MLB held its season opener overseas. As you can probably guess, the Cubs lost both games (Dodgers 4, Cubs 1; Dodgers 6, Cubs 3).

MLB’s traditional Opening Day is scheduled for Thursday, March 27 and is the earliest Opening Day in MLB history. For my fellow Detroit Tigers fans, they will play the Dodgers with Cy Young Winner Tarik Skubal as their starting pitcher.

Here are five things everyone should know before their club takes the field:

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Jaime, MLBJaime MiettinenMLB, Rule changes, broadcasting rights, licensing, stadiumsComment
Understanding Counterfeit Merchandise in Sports
Understanding Counterfeit Merchandise in Sports

Upon seeing a news story about Detroit police seizing at least $85,000 worth of counterfeit Detroit Lions merchandise over the course of the 2023 NFL season, I realized it might be worth while to explain what counterfeiting and counterfeit marks are for a few different reasons: (1) You confidently know the merchandise’s source; (2) You may be able to better gauge the merchandise’s quality; and (3) You can support the businesses that do it right!

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Jaime, Intellectual Property, NFL, TrademarksJaime MiettinenNFL, Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Infringement, Detroit Lions, licensingComment