If you haven’t heard, baseball just might be back. After the journey MLB and the MLBPA took to set up a return, however, hardly anyone is rejoicing at the prospect of America’s pastime arriving in late July. The new season comes during a pandemic that threatens its very existence, during a period of national civil unrest that dwarfs sports in importance, and after a long fight between owners and players that has left a bitter taste in every mouth.
Given the amount of money at play, it’s tempting to characterize the struggle over baseball’s return as a “both sides are to blame” kind of thing, or at least it seems to be, if you work in national media.