Opening Night Chat: Phillies vs. Braves

The wait is over. Baseball -- real Major League Baseball; games that actually count -- returned Sunday night on ESPN when the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies host the Atlanta Braves to open the regular season.

World Series MVP Cole Hamels was not on the mound because of an ailing elbow, and the game itself was more of an appetizer with Opening Day on Monday being the main course. But what an appetizer it was. The Phillies sent Brett Myers to the hill against Derek Lowe and a Braves club with a rebuilt rotation and big aspirations of its own.

The MLB FanHouse crew, including Ed Price, who was on site at Citizens Bank Ballpark this evening, carried everyone from first pitch to final out. After the jump, read a wrapup of the Chat..

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