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Philadelphia hoping for happy start

By By Jim Baker
MLB Insider

Monday, April 12, 2004

If you want any further proof that baseball is not a game where emotion can generate success, how about the fact that the pomp and circumstance that goes along with opening a new stadium does not necessarily inspire players to win their first game there? The Phillies begin a new era today, playing their first regular season game ever in The Latest Stadium to Be Named For A Bank Park (you'll probably see it referred to more often as Citizens Bank Park). If past openers at new stadiums are any ind ...

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