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Coronavirus Latest: Former Phillies Manager Larry Bowa Urges Fans To ‘Be Patient’ About MLB Safely Beginning Season

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — On Tuesday, the players union will get a look at the plan approved by Major League Baseball owners to begin the season in July without fans in the stands. CBS3’s Lesley Van Arsdall talked with former Phillies manager Larry Bowa about the future of baseball.

Bowa has been around baseball for a long time but he has never seen anything like this.

“It’s really a bad situation for everybody in our country right now,” Bowa said. “Hopefully, sooner rather than later, we can get back to normalcy here.”

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