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Government edicts could force baseball delay to last deep into summer

When will the Major League Baseball season start?

Obviously, as the world continues fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, that is a question without an answer.

But recent moves by local governments across North America could point to the delay of the 2019 campaign lasting deep into the summer.

The recent agreement between the league and the union established criteria for when the season would be able to start, among them, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan, that there would be no governmental edicts on mass gatherings that would prevent teams from playing in their home stadiums.