Photos: MLB Opening Day 2015

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Photos: MLB Opening Day 2015

The boys of summer are hitting the diamond as Major League Baseball kicks off the 2015 season.

Kansas City Royals left fielder Alex Gordon (4) runs in for batting practice before an opening day baseball game against the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Monday, April 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre throws out the ceremonial first pitch at the start of an opening day baseball game between the Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays in New York, Monday, April 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons, left, greets New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi before an opening day baseball game in New York, Monday, April 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Toronto Blue Jays' Jose Bautista (19) poses for a photo with nine-year-old Yankees fan Luciano Lorefice of Patchogue, N.Y., before an opening day baseball game against the New York Yankees in New York, Monday, April 6, 2015. Bautista replaced the fans Yankees cap with a Blue Jays cap before the photo was taken (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez (13) tosses his bat after taking batting practice before an Opening Day baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in New York, Monday, April 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Toronto Blue Jays' Jose Bautista, right, poses for a photo with a fan during pregame warmups before an opening day baseball game against the New York Yankees in New York, Monday, April 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Toronto Blue Jays' Jose Bautista, foreground, stretches on a tarp before an opening day baseball game against the New York Yankees in New York, Monday, April 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez (13) tosses his bat after taking batting practice before an opening day baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in New York, Monday, April 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Peter Holler of Mclean, Va. throws a baseball at "The Bullpen," a venue outside Nationals Park, before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets on opening day, Monday, April 6, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Jack Lewis, 12, of Arlington, Va., right, waits for the stadium to open at the center field gate before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets on opening day at Nationals Park, Monday, April 6, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Gerry Gleckel of California, Md., poses for a photograph wearing his Washington Nationals hat with commemorative pins, including one from the Washington Nationals first opening day in 2005, before a baseball game between the Nationals and the New York Mets on opening day at Nationals Park, Monday, April 6, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

A stadium worker sits above the field before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets on opening day at Nationals Park, Monday, April 6, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Metal detectors sit at the stadium's center field gate entrance before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Mets on opening day at at Nationals Park, Monday, April 6, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Baseball fans are photographed with the Detroit Tigers mascot statue before entering Comerica Park for an opening day baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins in Detroit, Monday, April 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

The Detroit Tigers take batting practice before an opening day baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Detroit, Monday, April 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Kansas City Royals left fielder Alex Gordon (4) runs in for batting practice before an opening day baseball game against the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Monday, April 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

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