“Cautiously optimistic” seems good. Any phrase that has optimistic in it inspires the same feeling. In his press conference on Thursday, Colorado Governor Jared Polis said he had talked to Dick Monfort. Polis, a big baseball and Rockies fan, had a smile on his face, saying, “We are excited that hopefully in mid-July, we’ll welcome the Rockies back for a limited spring training in Coors Field, and then a limited regular season. And we certainly hope that the owners and the players come together soon around a final agreement.”
He also used a baseball metaphor to talk about the fluid status of COVID case numbers and outbreaks and the caution needed in reopening and following social distancing measures by comparing it to a situation we’ve all seen the Rockies win with and lose from: “The other team has bases loaded, you’re up one run, it’s the sixth inning — that’s when you are worried a little more.