Major League Baseball delays opening day by at least two weeks

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

Major League Baseball (MLB) has announced that the start of the season will be delayed by at least two weeks and has canceled the remaining Spring Training schedule.

The MLB season was set to start on March 26.

"Nothing is more important to us than the health and safety of our players, employees and fans. MLB will continue to undertake the precautions and best practices recommended by public health experts. We send our best wishes to all individuals and communities that have been impacted by coronavirus," the MLB said in a statement.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-12-20-intl-hnk/h_ae3d9f06459fcac6477c2f36b866d9be

[CaptYossarian]

1. Baseball is the only sport I watch, but they really should

scrub the whole season.

This disease started being in the news a few months ago. Do they really think it will be eradicated in a few weeks? It hasn't run its course yet.

[Polybius]

4. No way

No reason to cancel the season yet, by May it may be very minimal. We'll see.

[gab13by13]

2. I keep seeing 2 weeks,

who in his/her right mind believes this will be over in 2 weeks?

[Dem2theMax]

3. 12 months is more like it.

I can't even imagine what it's going to be like weeks from now, let alone months from now. I'm already going stir-crazy, and it's only been a few weeks that we've really been hit with this situation.