Standing alone in the expanse of right field these past few weeks, surrounded by rows and rows of empty seats, the Rockies’ Charlie Blackmon has come to appreciate the quirks of sports in 2020.
“It’s kind of a really intimate baseball game,” Blackmon says. “If Nolan makes a great barehanded play, I can be like, ‘Great job, Nolan!’ and he can hear you. There’s nobody else there, so you’re just playing for your teammates and we are having a great time doing that.”
Crouched at third base, within earshot of guests at home and teammates on the road, Nolan Arenado has reached a different conclusion.