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Report: MLB 'Increasingly Focused' on Plan to Start 2020 Season as Early as May

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Major League Baseball is considering a plan backed by federal health officials that would sequester all 30 teams in Arizona and play games beginning in May using the Arizona Diamondbacks' Chase Field.

According to ESPN's Jeff Passan, there are still plenty of details to work through and the players union would need to sign off. However, ideas being floated include the use of an electronic strike zone, seven-inning doubleheaders and players wearing microphones.

No fans would be allowed in the venues, and teams would sit six feet apart in the stands rather than use a dugout.