Today should be the first day of 2022 Spring Training games

Just a few hours from the posting time of this article, had the MLB Spring Training schedule been played as originally announced, the Chicago Cubs would be hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers for a Cactus League game at Sloan Park. I’d either be there already or on my way, preparing for another beautiful day of baseball — it’s supposed to be sunny and around 70 degrees this afternoon in Mesa. All the other MLB teams were supposed to be in action today, too.

But I can’t, and neither can any baseball fan go to a MLB spring game today. A little more than a week ago, MLB cancelled spring training games through March 4. And Friday evening, after a six-hour negotiating session between players and…