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Originally Posted by gmo
I had not realized the start date thing. I think I was just assuming that Thursday before first Monday in April made sense and was running with. Is there a reference for that?
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The dates only differ if April 1 falls on a Tuesday (April 7 on a Monday).
This has happened four times in the last 30 years - in 1997, 2003, 2008, and 2014. In all four cases, Opening Day (ignoring the Japan/Australia openers) was the week of Monday, March 31.
The last time Opening Day was the week of Monday, April 7, was 1986.