In yesterday’s Rundown I offered a pretty grim prediction in which I believe baseball will be unable to restart its 2020 season. There are so many obstacles, known and unknown, that it seems impossible to me that some type of season can be played, though many still hold on to the hope a revival is coming.
But here’s the good news: Baseball has been here before and survived. The game has outlasted two World Wars, the Great Depression, the events of 9/11, numerous work stoppages, and even the last devastating global pandemic in 1918.