2020 Series Preview #1: Seattle Mariners @ Houston Astros

Thomas B. Shea-USA TODAY Sports The long, strange wait for the 2020 season is finally at an end as Opening Day for the Astros is upon us. Things will be different in a pandemic-shortened season. We will have expanded postseason play, runners on base to start extra innings, and batter minimums for pitchers. But it’s baseball. Something to look forward to each day as you watch your favorite team march towards its ultimate destiny for 2020. A part of me is happy that this day is finally upon us.

And yet, a part of me is uncertain. I’m looking forward to meaningful games again, but it’s hard to get too excited about a season that I’m not even sure will be completed. I can only hope that baseball…