Baseball players got a sense of what the game will be like without fans in the stands upon returning for workouts last week.
They're getting a more realistic glimpse this week as teams begin holding scrimmages.
Yes, it's very strange.
“It was surreal. ... just sitting behind the dish at a major league stadium with major league players on the field and no one else there and playing in competition,” Milwaukee Brewers general manager David Stearns said Thursday. “Occasionally, you’ll see that for a small BP when media isn’t around or cameras aren’t around, but it was really weird to see Christian Yelich in the batter’s box in a major league stadium in competition in an empty ballpark.