Around the Horn: What You Might Have Missed from Opening Day

One game may have been played Sunday night, but baseball's true Opening Day was Monday, when 22 major league teams took to the field in the much-anticipated annual spring ritual.

Baseball fans braved an assortment of weather conditions in 11 different ballparks Monday as the 2009 season got into full swing. You may have seen all of the scores, but you may not have seen the following: Pirates reduce Magic Number to 80: Yes, that's correct ... 80. You see, the Pirates haven't had a winning season since 1992. That's 16 straight seasons of losing. So, after Monday's 6-4 victory in St. Louis, the Pirates must win 80 more game to finish the season without a losing record. Mets' bullpen prevails, so it can't be September: Three New York relievers combined for 3.1 innings of scoreless relief to close out a 2-1 victory over Cincinnati. Mets fans also were relieved to get the season off to a good start after September swoons each of the past two seasons. It pays to shed a few of those extra pounds: Texas pitcher Kevin Millwood dropped 15 pounds during the off-season, and the payoff was a dominant Opening Day performance against Cleveland. Millwood, 34, went seven innings, giving up just one earned run in the Rangers' 9-1 victory. Pilates, anyone? First Opening Day Inside-the-Park Homer in more than 40 years: When Florida's Emilio Bonifacio circled the bases for an inside-the-park home run in the Marlins' 12-6 victory over Washington, he became the first major leaguer to accomplish the feat on Opening Day since 1968. The last player to do it? Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox. Steroids scandal? What steroids scandal?: Fans turned out in droves in some places, including 45,496 in San Diego, which, according to CBS Sports, is the all-time record for Petco Park. Pre-Game Ceremonies: 88-year-old Stan Musial and 86-year-old Red Schoendienst teamed up to throw out the first pitch at St. Louis ... George W. Bush had those honors at Texas ... while Tony Gwynn, Randy Jones, Dave Winfield and Ollie Brown kicked off the Padres' 40th anniversary season by simultaneously throwing the first pitch(es) ... Cincinnati fans were treated to a pregame parade featuring Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, a former Reds player ... notable National Anthem performances were turned in by Lyle Lovett at Houston and Chicago, who had sense enough to perform in Flroida, where it was 90 degrees at game time.