News broke last night that Major League Baseball will officially be returning this summer. The players agreed to a 60-game schedule that will begin either July 23rd or 24th and are to report to their training camps within a week from today on July 1st. The union and owners also agreed to extensive health protocols as the league attempts to make things as safe as possible in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
This will be an MLB season unlike any that we’ve ever seen before, however. At 60 games, this will be the shortest big league baseball season since the 19th century.