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MLB player makes plea for 2020 season: Let us play for the common good

What I'm Hearing: USA TODAY Sports' Bob Nightengale discusses the newly proposed protocol by the MLB in an effort to re-start games in a safe manner. USA TODAY

Editor's note: This Op-Ed was submitted to the Detroit Free Press and other media outlets for publication. The player requested anonymity because his comments take aim at the standoff between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association about starting the 2020 season.

Of Larry Doby breaking the American League’s own color barrier only months later. Of Roberto Clemente sacrificing his life providing humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.