If the baseball season sat on an examining table, gulped and asked the doctor for the odds of survival, what would he say? Seventy-five percent? Fifty?
Or would he shake his head grimly and mumble something about a summer of golf being a nice option?
It’s not good when “wing” and “prayer’’ are the two words that come to mind when pondering baseball’s chances of playing its 60-game season. But there are still too many unknowns with COVID-19, and no amount of best practices, due diligence and rosary beads is going to change that.
I don’t want to kill your buzz.