Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland is Colorado strong. But in the age of coronavirus, he compulsively grabs a bottle of hand sanitizer before leaving the house. Freeland loves baseball. But instead of taking the mound for Colorado, he is stuck in the backyard, playing fetch with Benny, his German shepherd. .
“It’s very strange knowing we’re not going to play baseball on Opening Day,” Freeland said Wednesday.
There will be no baseball today. No turnstiles clicking or crowd buzzing. No happy crunch of peanut shells underfoot in the bleachers. No fifth-grade class singing the national anthem delightfully off-key before the home-plate umpire leads our chorus: “Play ball!