Wrigley Field, along with 29 other major league ballparks, stands empty today. It’s likely to stand empty for the rest of what would have been the 2020 major-league baseball season, despite Paul Sullivan’s call in the Tribune to play baseball later this season at big-league parks. That, I think, is unworkable due to travel restrictions and some cities and states not ready for even gatherings of the size needed to put on a baseball game this summer.
What concerns me even further are some comments made by an unnamed Red Sox executive when interviewed by Peter Gammons for this article in The Athletic:
“In 2020,” the official continued, “we just have to try to get the game back.