Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl

All three games Thursday, March 31, will be on ESPN: Detroit at N.Y. Yankees (1 p.m. ET), San Diego at St. Louis (4 p.m.) and San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers (8 p.m.).

The season will open on a day other than a Sunday or a Monday for the first time since 1998 (excluding special international events), and for the first time on a Thursday since 1976.