The Marlins defeated the Houston Astros 12 – 8 in their inaugural Spring Training game.

The Miami Marlins in front of a sellout crowd at the inaugural Opening Night game at Marlins Park against the reigning World champion St. Louis Cardinals.

In their inaugural game, on April 8, 1969, the Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins 4 – 3 in 12 innings.

They played their inaugural game at the newly completed Target Field on April 12, 2010.

Despite inaugural game festivities at the new ballpark, the Dodgers would spoil the 2000 season opener, with a three HR performance by little-known Kevin Elster.

The inaugural WBC in 2006 followed the IBAF mercy rule, with an additional rule stopping a game after five innings when a team is ahead by at least 15 runs.

An inaugural game using the new FA rules was initially scheduled for Battersea Park on 2 January 1864, but enthusiastic members of the FA couldn't wait for the new year and an experimental game was played at Mortlake on 19 December 1863 between Morley's Barnes team and their neighbours Richmond ( who were not members of the FA ), ending in a goalless draw.

The format of the 1981 episodes as aired on CJOH was similar to that of the inaugural 1979 season, with the differences being that each show featured skits revolving around a certain topic ( something that carried over from Whatever Turns You On ) and that the disco dancers were replaced by video game competitions.

As a league, the 2010 average of 80. 35 points per game was the best ever, far surpassing the 69. 2 average in the league's inaugural season.

Following the inaugural game, tweaks and adjustments were made, and the first season continued.

While in the Atlantic League, the Surf won the first-ever Atlantic League championship in 1998 while also hosting the inaugural Atlantic League All-Star game.

The league announced a national television deal with sports channel The Score, while a crowd of 5, 100 took in the league's inaugural game in London, Ontario.

The Suns ' inaugural game in 1968 was against the Sonics.

With the Canucks ' roster set, the team played its inaugural game against the Los Angeles Kings on October 9, 1970.

Later the same year, on 21 August, the same opponents, now renamed Real Unión, were invited to play the inaugural game at San Mamés Stadium, and he scored the very first goal at the new ground.

The first mention of a football game played by the club is between Melbourne and South Yarra in July 1859, with Hammersley as inaugural captain.

Matthews was also an inaugural inductee to the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002 to honour his contribution to the English game.

The inaugural game of the Legend of Zelda series, it was first released in Japan as a launch title for the Family Computer Disk System peripheral.

They capped off the league's inaugural season in 1997 with a win over the New York Liberty in the WNBA championship game to win the WNBA's first championship.

" As a one-off special, the first quiz show called " Uncle Bee " was telecast on WNBT inaugural broadcast day of 1941 followed later the same day by Ralph Edwards hosting the second game show broadcast on United States television, Truth or Consequences, as simulcast on radio and TV and sponsored by Ivory soap.

* 8 July – The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20 – 10 at Lang Park

Being in a major national market, the Sparks have always been a focal point of the league ; they faced New York in the league's inaugural game on June 21, 1997.

On May 24, 1935, the network aired its inaugural live event — the first-ever night baseball game, between the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies.

On October 6, 1923, Pomona College and USC played in the inaugural game at the Los Angeles Coliseum, with the Trojans prevailing 23-7.

They played home games from their inaugural season to the 2011 season at Sun Life Stadium, which they shared with the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League ( NFL ) and which was also called Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, and Land Shark Stadium during their tenancy.

In 1897, the inaugural season of the VFL, no grand final was played, but instead a round-robin finals system.

** Eight players from the 1950 team played for Head Coach John Longfellow as the United States ' Gold Medal Basketball team at the inaugural 1951 Pan-American Games.

The inaugural first-class match at the National Stadium was played between Pakistan and India on 26 February 1955 and since then Pakistani national cricket team has won 20 of the 41 Test matches played at the National Stadium.

The first professional football team in Miami, and in the state of Florida, were the Miami Seahawks, who played in the All-America Football Conference ( AAFC ) during its inaugural 1946 season.

In their inaugural season played at Target Field, the Twins finished the regular season with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses, clinching the AL Central Division title for the 6th time in 9 years under manager Ron Gardenhire.

The Mets ' inaugural season ( 1962 ) was played in the Polo Grounds, with original plans calling for the team to move to a new stadium in 1963.

In 1995, Trinidad played host to the inaugural meeting of the Association of Caribbean States and has become the seat of this 35-member grouping, which seeks to further economic progress and integration among its states.

The team played its inaugural season at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium before moving to TD Ameritrade Park for 2011 and beyond.

He also played board one for France at the inaugural World Team Championships, Lucerne 1985, where he scored 5½ / 9 (+ 3 − 1

In 1998, the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball played its inaugural season, with teams in Somerset, Newark, and Atlantic City ( NJ ), Nashua ( NH ), Newburgh ( NY ), and Bridgeport ( CT ).

They played their inaugural season at Sacramento City College.

The Grizzlies played their home games during their inaugural 2001 season at Sauget Field.

The Timberwolves played their home games in the Metrodome during its inaugural season, before moving to Target Center in 1990.

The Quincy Militia, a minor league football team, played its inaugural season in the Eastern Football League in 2009.

As a last-minute replacement for Oscar Moore, Paul played with Nat King Cole and other artists in the inaugural Jazz at the Philharmonic concert in Los Angeles, California, on July 2, 1944.

He played Laertes in the National Theatre's inaugural production of Hamlet opposite Peter O ' Toole in 1963.

The band played two shows, the Eff Cancer Benefit in Chicago on June 20, 2007, and headlined the inaugural free Pool Parties show at McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn, New York.

* 1 – 13 October — inaugural World Series is played between the winners of the National and American Leagues.

The inaugural tournament was restricted to professionals and attracted a field of eight golfers who played three rounds of Prestwick's twelve-hole course in a single day.