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Braves: No Player Should be Judged Harshly for Sitting Out 2020 Season

Maybe it won't happen before the season starts, but it seems likely that at some point an Atlanta Braves player will opt-out of the 2020 season due to COVID-19 issues.

Whether it's a player who has a wife or kid that has health issues or the spread of the virus just becomes too much for them to want to risk it.

And any player or coach that makes that decision shouldn't be viewed as scared or weak.

What we sometimes forget as fans are that sports are there for our entertainment -- it is not essential for life to go on.