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Column: Fans are back at the ballpark for the NLCS and World Series — but is that for financial reasons instead of hope for the future?

Fans are back in the ballpark for the first time since spring training, social distancing and wearing masks in their seats.

Presumably they’re also following those same protocols in the restrooms, though anyone who has been to a men’s restroom in a stadium knows social distancing at the urinals is easier said than done.

It’s only one ballpark — Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas — and only in place for the National League Championship Series and next week’s World Series, which begins Tuesday.

Globe Life basically is a petri dish for Major League Baseball, which decided to make 28.