We already know that baseball in 2020 (should we get to baseball in 2020) is going to be weird with players practicing social distancing and breaking old habits. (So long, spitting.) Perhaps the weirdest of the weird will be games played in empty stadiums. And perhaps there are strategies to mitigate this.
In a media availability on Friday, Bud Black was asked if playing in empty stadiums would have an impact. Here’s what he said:
We’ll have to turn back the clock to certain A Ball games and other games we played in as amateurs or professionals.