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"baseballpics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. A head of the game\nThe New York Mets tweeted this photo of a fan with a Shea Stadium-inspired piece of headwear.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. MLB mosaic\nMajor League Baseball tweeted this collection of shots celebrating the first day of home openers.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Busch Stadium\nThe St. Louis Cardinals shared this early-morning Instagram of their home ballpark, Busch Stadium.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Two feet of hotdog\nDallas TV reporter Joe Trahan tweeted this shot of \"The Boomstick,\" a 24-inch hotdog now available at the Texas Rangers' home stadium.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Buster's back\nThe San Francisco Giants shared this filtered photo of star player Buster Posey, who is returning this season from a major injury.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Meet the \"Big Kid Dog\"\nThe Los Angeles Dodgers tweeted this photo of the new \"Big Kid Dog,\" which they say \"is topped with gooey Mac and Cheese and covered in Fritos.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Center of attention\nThe New York Yankees shared this photo of manager Joe Girardi being mobbed in the dugout by reporters before Opening Day.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Meme alert? \nTwitter user @zoowithroy posted this shot of a really excited Miami Marlins fan.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Wrigley before sunrise\nThe Chicago Cubs shared this great shot of iconic Wrigley Field in the pre-dawn hours of Opening Day.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Jazzy Jeff in the house\nTwitter user @philaphillies was excited to see DJ Jazzy Jeff on hand for Philadelphia's opening day festivities.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11. Phillies pizza\nTwitter user @rynomite57 shared this appetizing pic of a Phillies-inspired pizza.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12. The start of a storied career \nLegendary former manager Tommy Lasorda tweeted this memento from his first Opening Day in charge of the Los Angeles Dodgers, way back in 1977.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13. Meet the lineup\nThe Tampa Bay Rays tweeted out a shot of their Opening Day lineup.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14. Pretty in Pittsburgh\nTwitter user @j_rossini shared this great shot of PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15. Verlander and veterans\nStar pitcher Justin Verlander posted this photo to Twitter, thanking a military veterans support group for coming out to see his Detroit Tigers.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe social web lit up with photos recently as another summer at the ballpark got underway.\nFor fans and players, Opening Day (or night) is always a special occasion \u2014 familiar sights and sounds return, and hope for a successful season springs anew. Friday's game between the Mariners and Athletics in Seattle marked the last of 30 home openers for Major League Baseball teams. \nThis year, Opening Day festivities were documented on social networks such as Twitter and Instagram perhaps more than ever before. Teams, fans and players all posted shots celebrating the beginning of the 2012 baseball season in a variety of ways. \nWhat were the best shots from Opening Day? Pixable is a New York City startup that sorts the most popular and timely of the millions of photos posted to social networks daily. The company provided Mashable with access to feeds showing which Opening Day baseball photos were gaining the most buzz and best capturing the magic of a new season. \nScroll through the gallery above to see a sampling of this young baseball season's best shots. \nWhich is your favorite? Let us know in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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