Giancarlo Stanton and Matt Davidson gave opening day quite a jolt.
A new baseball season began with a bang Thursday when Ian Happ of the Chicago Cubs homered on the very first pitch.World Series MVP George Springer connected , Adam Jones and Nick Markakis hit walkoff winners and Anthony Rizzo delivered the most emotional drive of the day.
Shohei Ohtani also got off to a nice start with a hit in his first at-bat .
But a year after big leaguers launched a record 6,105 longballs, Stanton and Davidson staged their own long-distance home run derby.
Stanton hit two hard homers and doubled in his debut with the New York Yankees during a 6-1...