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Rockies' Charlie Blackmon Says 'This Country Needs Baseball' Amid COVID-19

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Colorado Rockies All-Star outfielder Charlie Blackmon understands the public-safety concerns related to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, but he is hoping Major League Baseball can figure out how to safely begin its 2020 season soon.

"A lot of players have concerns, [and] I'm one of them," Blackmon said on The Rich Eisen Show. "I don't want to get sick and I don't want to bring people together such that other people get sick, especially those that are at risk.

"But at the same time, I'm not playing, I'm not getting paid and neither are a lot of people that work at the stadium.