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MLB's coronavirus testing failure proves just how tough it will be to have a baseball season

A thousand things have to go right for there to be a 60-game Major League Baseball season in 2020 — and not even a week into training camp, we’re learning just how difficult this is going to be to pull off.

Players are opting out of the season and others are away from their teams after testing positive for the coronavirus, but those were expected and aren’t the new problem that has reared its head.

On Sunday night and into Monday, it was revealed that numerous teams administered COVID-19 tests last week and hadn’t gotten the results.