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Friday Bird Droppings: A grim anniversary for baseball

Good morning, Camden Chatters.

It’s March 12. And if dates (or days of the week, or times, or months) have lost all meaning to you during this pandemic, you’re certainly not the only one. But this date is a particularly significant one.

It was exactly one year ago that the baseball world forever changed. As the COVID-19 pandemic began ramping up to a fever pitch in the United States, Major League Baseball announced the suspension of all spring training games and the postponement of the start of the 2020 regular season. The initial plan was to delay Opening Day “by at least two weeks.