Picture this: During the lockdown, Tony Wolters and a group of Rockies pitchers kept throwing in various Arizona parks, at times using a homemade wooden mound, cleaning it and carrying it from park to park in the back of someone’s truck.
Such is baseball during a pandemic.
In a Saturday media availability, Wolters discussed how the Rockies pitchers kept working as they waited for baseball to sort itself out; he also addressed his own safety concerns headed into the 2020 season. (Wolters removed a blue surgical mask as he sat down to talk with reporters via Zoom.