Historical clue formulations

• First game of the season — 2025-04-20
• First act — 2024-11-02
• First game of the season — 2024-10-08
• Precursor to the main act (NEOPRENE) — 2023-10-29
• It comes before the main event — 2023-07-20
• Game 1 in a playoff series — 2022-06-30
• Warm-up act — 2022-03-06
• First game of a series — 2018-06-05
• Word with can or season — 2017-07-27
• Part of a concert that many people impatiently sit through — 2017-07-09
• Game one — 2016-10-19
• Kitchen gadget — 2015-01-04
• First game of the season — 2014-02-19
• Enlightening experience — 2013-08-29
• Part of a doubleheader — 2013-03-17
• First game of the season — 2010-11-01
• Kitchen drawer item — 2010-06-12
• Barkeep's gizmo — 2009-04-04
• First act in a revue — 2008-02-24
• Corkscrew, e.g. — 2007-09-30
• Handle, e.g. — 2007-08-31
• Act before the headliner — 2007-05-30
• Start of a doubleheader — 2006-03-29
• Game one — 2003-02-19
• Kickoff — 2001-02-16
• First game of a doubleheader — 2000-06-26
• First of two baseball games — 1999-09-20
• Word with can or season — 1999-09-17
• Intro — 1998-11-11
• Intro — 1998-04-16
• First game — 1997-05-21
• Kitchen drawer item — 1997-04-13
• Warm-up act — 1997-01-12
• Kitchen drawer gadget — 1997-01-03
• Season___ — 1996-07-07
• Series start — 1996-06-08
• Kitchen gadget — 1996-03-24
• Key — 1996-02-29
• First game — 1995-05-25
• First act — 1995-02-16