To steal a phrase from the late, great Tom Petty, “The waiting is the hardest part.”
Rockies general manager Jeff Bridich and manager Bud Black can relate.
As the coronavirus continues to spread, and as more cities across the country are forced to shut down, baseball has become part of the great unknown. There is no timetable for the game’s return, no revamped schedule on the horizon and the phrase “We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it,” has become the strategy.
Rockies players are no longer practicing together at the club’s Salt River Fields complex in Scottsdale, Ariz.