Dave Portnoy disses MLB, says Opening Day should be in Cincinnati
Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy shared his frustration with MLB's Opening Day scheduling and suggested it should start with a Reds game in Cincinnati.
Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy is a fan of Opening Day, but especially in the Queen City. The social media personality voiced his opinion in a video he posted to his Facebook on Wednesday, March 25 . In the video, Portnoy slammed the MLB's decision to start the 2026 season with Opening Night .
The game, which occurred between the New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants, took place in San Francisco on Wednesday night and was broadcast nationally on Netflix. "MLB will screw up a ham sandwich. There should not be nighttime Opening Day baseball.
It's stupid," he said. "Baseball should start one o'clock, two o'clock, in the afternoon. Maybe at Cincinnati, maybe at Baltimore," he said.
"We're at Cincinnati, which is cool," he said as an aside. Portnoy, who is a well-known Boston Red Sox fan, is referring to the Red Sox taking on the Cincinnati Reds for the Reds' home opener Thursday, March 26. "Opening Day shouldn't be in Japan .