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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred confirms season won’t start on April 9

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Nick Pivetta and the Phillies are waiting to hear when the 2020 season will begin. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire)

When MLB suspended Spring Training last Thursday due to a growing number of cases of COVID-19, they acknowledged that the regular season would begin at least two weeks later than March 26, which had been slated to be Opening Day. Monday, the league acknowledged that April 9, two weeks after March 26, won’t serve as 2020 Opening Day either.

In a conference call Monday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, who has had a rather eventful six months, told Derrick Goold of the St.