Opening Day: Baseball is Like a 'Very Long Soap Opera' Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Matt Holliday #7 of the St. Louis Cardinals rounds third base against the San Diego Padres on opening day at Busch Stadium on March 31, 2011 in St. Louis, Missouri. ( Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC