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MLB, MLBPA reach deal over service time amid coronavirus outbreak, per report

It doesn’t look like actual baseball games with actual baseball being played with actual fans in the stands is happening anytime soon. Such is life during a pandemic that threatens the well-being, on multiple fronts, of the global populus. It is completely understandable and it also sucks.

However, there has been the problem of what to do when/if baseball starts back up. It isn’t as simple as just flicking the light switches on all the parks and then ‘play ball’ especially with the suspension of spring training and the loss of regular games. There are decisions about how many games, how many doubleheaders, service time.