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LEADING OFF: Braves open new park, Moreland near double mark

FILE - In this March 31, 2017, file photo, fans head to SunTrust Park before the Atlanta Braves open their new ballpark for an exhibition spring training baseball game against the New York Yankees, in Atlanta. After a short 20-year stay at Turner Field, the Braves begin their SunTrust Park era on Friday night, April 14 in their home opener against the San Diego Padres. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
FILE - In this March 31, 2017, file photo, fans head to SunTrust Park before the Atlanta Braves open their new ballpark for an exhibition spring training baseball game against the New York Yankees, in Atlanta. After a short 20-year stay at Turner Field, the Braves begin their SunTrust Park era on Friday night, April 14 in their home opener against the San Diego Padres. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

By Associated Press 2 min read

A look at what’s happening all around the majors Friday:

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The Atlanta Braves open their new SunTrust Park, hosting San Diego at night. A sellout crowd of about 41,000 is expected to see the stadium that replaced Turner Field, the Braves’ home for the past 20 years. This will be the first real test of the suburban park’s ability to accommodate Atlanta’s notoriously tough traffic – the issue was complicated by a fire under an overpass that has shut down a section of I-85, one of the major interstates in the city, for several weeks.

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