With the Bundesliga season in full swing, La Liga back in action too and the mother of all domestic sports competitions — England’s wildly popular Premier League — set to return this week, it would’ve been easy for soccer fans to miss Monday’s huge baseball news.
Basically, the 2020 MLB season is in real jeopardy because of the ongoing and off-putting labor strife that has prevented the league and its players from reaching an agreement to restart amid the coronavirus. That puts baseball at odds with not just those European circuits, but also the NBA, NFL and NHL, who are well into their preparations to resume.