Baseball players, owners, officials and fans continue to hope for the best in the shadow of the coronavirus.
But will games be played in empty ballparks? Will fans be able to attend games at some point? Will there be a 120-game season? A 108-game season? An 80-game season? No season at all?
The questions, and the answers, change every week. But there are rays of hope.
USA Today national baseball writer Bob Nightengale reported Friday that Major League Baseball is considering a radical realignment of teams for an abbreviated 2020 season. The tentative plan calls for all 30 teams returning to their spring training sites in Florida and Arizona to prepare for a shortened season.