LINDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Thursday was supposed to be Opening Day in Major League Baseball, but stadiums around the country were empty because of the spread ofCOVID-19.
The Mets were supposed to be hosting the defending champion Washington Nationals at Citi Field in Queens and the Yankees were slated to be on the road in Baltimore against the Orioles.
CBS2’s Otis Livingston caught up with former Mets manager and Sacred Heart University athletic director Bobby Valentine to talk about what it was like to be an MLB manager while the country healed from the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.