Back in the late 90s & early 2000s, Greg Shea had an AOL sports column that he then spun into a site called TheCloser.com. The site is long gone, taken over by a goofy looking mortgage broker.

However, before his site’s demise, Greg wrote one of the best baseball pieces I have ever read for Opening Day 2000. After searching for a while through web archives & old newsgroups…

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