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Major leagues open with four games on opening day
The 1983 baseball season starts with four games as the Braves meet the Reds in Cincinnati while the White Sox face the Rangers and the Indians clash with Oakland. Joe Torre aims to end peaks and valleys for the Braves as Phil Niekro starts, and new managers Ferraro Boros Altobelli face challenging openers with veteran lineups and rookies in key roles.
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Associated Press
Atlanta Braves
Joe Torre
Braves
Cincinnati Reds
Cincinnati
Chicago
Texas
Cleveland
Oakland
Kansas City
Baltimore
Los Angeles Dodgers
Torre
Phil Niekro
Elias Sosa
Dodgers
Brett Butler
Dale Murphy
Butler
Niekro
Sosa
Reds
Russ Nixon
Nixon
Rangers
Doug Rader
Mike Smithson
LaMarr Hoyt
White Sox
Smithson
Hoyt
Rader
Houston Astros
Hawaii
Indians
Mike Ferraro
Manny Trillo
Julio Franco
George Vukovich
von Hayes
Philadelphia Phillies
Ferraro
Ron Hassey
Chris Bando
Jim Es
Sian
Seattle Mariners
Hassey
Rick Sutcliffe
Rick Langford
Steve Boros
Billy Martin
Martin
New York
George Steinbrenner
New York Yankees
Boros
Joe Altobelli
Earl Weaver
Orioles
Altobelli
San Francisco Giants
Memorial Stadium
Milwaukee
Weaver
Dennis Martinez
Jim Palmer
Martinez
Larry Gura
California
John Shelby
Leo Hernandez