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Could the Cincinnati Reds, Major League Baseball play the 2020 season in Arizona?

Great American Ball Park stands vacant on what was scheduled to be the Cincinnati Reds 2020 Opening Day. Cincinnati Enquirer

The key to playing a Major League Baseball season in 2020 may be keeping all 30 teams in Arizona throughout the summer.

MLB and the players association had talks Monday about conducting the season in Arizona and using the 10 spring training ballparks to play games, along with the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Chase Field, according to reports from the Associated Press and ESPN.

There are some reasons why it’s intriguing to league officials: half the league calls it home for spring training, there is limited travel to ballparks in the Phoenix area and all the parks are equipped for broadcasts.