Yahoo! Sports · Jul 5, 2020
On several fronts, a tough day for pro baseball
David Price of the Dodgers said he won’t play this year.Freddie Freeman tests positive for COVID-19. Masahiro Tanaka gets hit in the head by a line drive. David Price announces he won’t play this season.
On this Fourth of July, even the return of baseball didn’t offer much cause for celebration.
As teams prepared to start their pandemic-shortened season, sobering examples of the game’s potential danger took place at camps across the country.
“After considerable thought and discussion with my family and the Dodgers, I have decided it is in the best interest of my health and my family’s health for me to not play this season,” the five-time All-Star tweeted Saturday.