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Instead of embracing shame and pettiness like the bad old days of 1994, MLB was sitting in the batter’s box with a 3-1 count when it came to the idea of re-starting the 2020 season.
They could get themselves a fat pitch to hit by simply reading the room around them. MLB could have knocked that cookie pitch out of the park. People wanted to see progress back to normalcy. The country as a whole and their fan base in particular wasn’t in the mood for a labor squabble.