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Should the 2020 Season Automatically Come With an Asterisk?

JUPITER, FLORIDA - MARCH 12: A general view of the stadium after the spring training game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Miami Marlins at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium on March 12, 2020 in Jupiter, Florida. Major League Baseball is suspending Spring Training and the first two weeks of the regular season due to the ongoing threat of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images)

With the 2020 season nearly upon us in the form of “Summer” Spring Training, we need to consider the “asterisk” problem.

In recent years, it’s become status quo to label records with an asterisk under certain conditions.