While folks across the baseball world are, reportedly, suddenly more optimistic that there will be a 2020 season of some kind, word from the nation’s most prominent public health official shows the reality standing in the way of safely resuming play.
In an interview with the New York Times, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, hammered home the caveat that’s been attached to all the plans Major League Baseball is discussing to salvage the indefinitely paused campaign.
“I would love to be able to have all sports back,” Fauci told James Wagner and Ken Belson.