It is one word included in so many of the sentiments expressed by even the most optimistic players.
If.
There remains an “if” regarding this Major League Baseball season. As is so often the case with that little word, the uncertainty looms large. It hangs in the air over even the most focused and optimistic among those trying their best to focus on baseball.
“We’ve got to follow those guidelines and hopefully come July 24, we’ll be playing our first game,” Padres third baseman Manny Machado said Saturday. “… It’s going to be a tricky obstacle course we’re going to have to move past.