As coronavirus (COVID-19) cases exponentially increased during the month of March, the sports world found itself in uncharted territory. The NBA made the difficult decision in suspending its 2019-20 season, and soon followed the NHL, MLS and Major League Baseball.
For the latter, that meant cancelling all remaining Spring Training games and issuing a two-week delay to the start of the regular season. Opening Day, originally scheduled for March 26, was pushed back to the middle of April.
Those plans were derailed after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended against holding large gatherings of 50 or more people for eight weeks, leading to another postponement.