When baseball shut down at first, the powers that be within the sport indicated that they would do everything in their power to reclaim all 162 games in the regular season schedule, calling to mind something my philosophy professor used to say – you can believe any thing you want to believe. A pack of yetis aren’t about to crash through wall and stampede through here just because you believe it will happen. In other words, regardless of what was said, it quickly became evident that there is no chance of reclaiming the a normal number of games.
Although no fan or player prefers to play less baseball, there are some players for whom a shortened schedule could be a blessing in disguise.