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MLB Plays Father Time with Experimental Rule

Preseason has new rules and missing stars

Lacey Yahnke
The Santa Clara
February 28, 2019

The sights, sounds and smells of spring—chalk stripes, the crack of a bat and the smack of a catcher’s mitt—have arrived just in time for baseball fans to emerge from the long, cold winter and fill the stadiums of their favorite teams.

The first Major League Baseball (MLB) Spring Training games kicked off on Feb. 21 in Arizona and Florida, and will continue until Opening Day on March 28. With the baseball drought finally over, MLB players are eager to get back out on the diamond.