Baseball is about to start, and it’s….not the disaster I expected.
Given the catastrophic management of this novel coronavirus pandemic across large parts of the United States, I was skeptical that MLB teams would get through “summer camp” to their late July Opening Day.
To be sure, there have been stumbles. Some number of players (and probably staff, although their cases receive less publicity) tested positive before arriving at camp or upon arrival, and there were some testing snafus in early July. Over the last week, players have played in warm up games and then tested positive after, but no breakouts have come about.