X-Nico

unusual facts about The Opener


Karen X. Tulchinsky

She was story editor for the documentary series KinK, a story editor and writer on the drama series The Guard, a creative consultant on Glutton for Punishment (Food Network) and a consulting producer on Dussault Inc. and The Opener.



see also

1992 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

In the opener, freshman Michael Proctor kicked four field goals and Alabama defeated Vanderbilt 25–8 despite the absence of star WR/KR David Palmer, then serving a suspension for a drunk driving arrest.

Andreas Hinkel

The match ended 2–0 to the Hoops with Hinkel assisting Scott McDonald for the opener then hitting a long hopeful punt up the pitch which Georgios Samaras latched onto before netting a last-minute winner.

Buckley, Illinois

Former players for the Dutch Masters include Scott Garrelts, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants (was supposed to pitch the opener in the 1989 World Series, but an earthquake had other ideas); Mark Scheiwe, drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1979 (the same year Scott was drafted by the Giants), but never making it to the big league because of injury; and Ernie Westfield, who played in the Negro League and still represents them publicly.

Cowboy Saunders

The South Africans won the opener and the two games that followed, for which Saunders was rested, before facing two Welsh teams in succession, Cardiff and Llanelli.

Diego Godín

Godín was selected for the squad at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, starting in the opener against France (0–0), in Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town and playing in a further four matches for the eventual semifinalists.

Frederic Alderson

Alderson played one more international game, the opener of the 1893 Home Nations Championship, a narrow loss at the Cardiff Arms Park to Wales.

Johnny Sain

The team swept a Labor Day doubleheader, with Spahn throwing a complete game 14-inning win in the opener, and Sain pitching a shutout in the second game.

Patrick Park

During this time, Park also played live concerts as the opener for Julia Fordham, Gomez, Beth Orton, and Richard Buckner.

The Golden Hits of Sandie Shaw

The only song not written by him is the opener of side one - Shaw's breakthrough single "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me," which is by American songwriting duo Burt Bacharach and Hal David.