It’s been roughly 320 days since MLB sent its players away from Spring Training after at least 12 players tested positive for COVID-19. At the time, 20 states had known infections, and if spring camps weren’t this country’s first super spreader event, they certainly helped contribute to what has since become a global outbreak.
On March 9 of last year, the United States had 233 confirmed infections. By March 26, the day the Blue Jays and Red Sox were to begin the league’s 2020 schedule, there were 101,102 confirmed cases in this country, resulting in just over 1,000 deaths.