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We have another trial balloon to examine regarding the potential launch of a 2020 MLB season, this one with teams skipping Arizona and Florida and training out of their home ballparks before a limited season begins—but many details still need to be addressed before baseball returns. (more…)
With the NBA announcing training camps would open in states where stay-at-home orders are being loosened, the tentative intention to begin the 2020 MLB season with play in empty ballparks may have gained a little more steam. (more…)
Confirming communications with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says the 2020 MLB season could begin in the Phoenix area, with all 30 teams setting shop at spring-training and college facilities sans fans–provided safety for all personnel can be assured. (more…)
We’re seeing so many ideas floating around regarding the 2020 MLB season: Arizona and Florida spring-training ballparks, home MLB ballparks at the end of the season, and even a season start in Japan. All of this highlights one thing: we’re still in the ideas stage of planning. (more…)
A proposal to begin the 2020 season in Arizona, sans fans and played at spring-training facilities, was a topic of discussion between MLB officials and MLBPA reps yesterday regarding the state of play in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. (more…)
We have some new eye candy from the Texas Rangers, as the team has released updated Globe Life Field renderings in anticipation of the new ballpark’s opening for the 2020 MLB regular season. (more…)
In a move replicating early season openers in 2018 and 2019, Major League Baseball today announced the 2020 MLB regular season will start March 26, with all 30 teams slated to take the field on Opening Day. (more…)