America will celebrate Independence Day this weekend but like Memorial Day weekend, we’ll celebrate without Major League Baseball. Hope lies in the fact that 30 teams will begin Spring Training 2.0, or Summer Camp as it is being referred to, tomorrow. It sort of reminds me of how we celebrate Groundhog Day — we’ll hope for the best while knowing that bad news may be just a shadow away.
Cue the hype video!
It's July 1, and that means baseball is scheduled to begin this month. pic.twitter.com/3r9vmnPeTP
— MLB (@MLB) July 1, 2020
The big difference between the arbitrary mid-winter ritual and the return of our national pastime is that lives could be at stake as we (finally!