Fansided · Mar 13, 2020
Major League Baseball to Close Spring Facilities on Friday
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to shutdown the sports world, Major League Baseball has announced their next move after suspending Spring Training and delaying the start of the regular season
On Thursday, Major League Baseball announced that they would be suspending Spring Training. League offices also announced that the start of the regular season will be delayed by at least two weeks. With that, normal life for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the rest of baseball, just as it has for much of America, came to a grinding halt due to the coronavirus.