Just like we said in Sunday’s column, “outlooks on the COVID-19 pandemic sometimes change daily, causing bursts of optimism one day and spurts of pessimism the next.”
Monday was one of those days when we saw a positive dose of optimism.
In the biggest news of the day, several governors of the country’s largest states showed willingness to host professional sports within their municipalities, suggesting that the start of a prospective MLB season during July 4 weekend might be a reality after all.
California Governor Gavin Newsom was among that group.
Initially, many folks believed that the state’s indefinite extension of the current stay-at-home order may conceivably deter any type of realistic timeline for a baseball season.