So, we WILL have Major League Baseball this year, after all.
In about a month, a makeshift schedule of 60 games will commence, after "Spring Training, Part 2" (which starts the beginning of July.) And, to accommodate the CoronaVirus, the CHINESE Virus, COVID-19, whatever you want to call it, there will be NO FANS IN THE STANDS and a multitude of other rules which, frankly, I don't have the time or inclination to dissect. I'll figure it all out "as we go."
PART of me is ADVERSE to starting a "season"that late in the year....I can forsee a multitude of potential problems. Yes, the old saying goes, "Half a loaf is better than none" but 60 games is not EVEN half....it leaves 102 games that are wiped out. Gone. Finito. I have learned to live WITHOUT baseball at this point, so part of me has already written off the 2020 season....why return to it NOW??
MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN, but the OTHER part of me, the part which is saddened and even angry to see the racial division in our nation, THAT part of me wants to see Baseball RETURN. Rooting for the same baseball team featuring teammates of different nationalities and colors WORKING TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL can and does bring people together. Let's hope and pray that God will use this proven means AGAIN.
In conclusion....
I'm not saying the ABSENCE of Baseball so far this year is RESPONSIBLE for the racial tensions, mind you. The actions of certain people are responsible for what we see on the news. So please don't misunderstand me.
But what I'm saying is I sure hope that the PRESENCE of baseball will be a vehicle for all kinds of people to UNITE us...even if it's just to provide a DIVERSION from the news.
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