Just a few weeks ago, the biggest concern among Philadelphia Phillies fans was that their beloved mascot, the Phillie Phanatic, had “evolved.”
Now, there is a much bigger and important issue: the COVID-19 pandemic, which Major League Baseball announced last week has halted spring training action and delayed Opening Day by at least two weeks, from March 26 to April 9, the earliest.
Yet, expect Opening Day to actually occur much later than that.
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With the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic means there is no precedence to base any timeframe for a delay.