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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB discussing plan to start season in late June, playing in home stadiums with realigned league — Maybe it's a dream scenario. — Maybe it's premature to get excited. — Then again, maybe it just might work. — Major League Baseball officials have become cautiously optimistic …
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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
An inside look at the possibilities, and risks, of an MLB restart — Pick an idea for the 2020 season, virtually any idea, and baseball is considering it, modeling it, trying to figure out exactly how it will work if tests for COVID-19 are sufficiently available and government and medical officials offer the requisite approval.
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Sportsnet.ca, NESN.com and Fox News
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Passan's 20 questions: There will be MLB in 2020. It's just a matter of when, where and how — The MLB season should have turned one month old Sunday. Rather than lament that, let's instead fill the emptiness with a discussion about when the season will start. — Yes, will.
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Jared Diamond / Wall Street Journal:
MLB Teams to Announce Updated Ticket Policies, Paving Way For Refunds — Games had been officially listed as postponed rather canceled, but the league office is now providing clubs with new guidance — In a normal world, Major League Baseball would be about a month into the season …
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
MLB allowing teams to offer refunds for games lost to coronavirus — Major League Baseball is allowing teams to offer refunds to fans for games currently not being played because of the coronavirus pandemic. Previously, games were considered postponed, instead of canceled …
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Mercury News and NESN.com
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
MLB reverses ticket policy, clearing way for teams to offer refunds to fans — With more than 400 major league games already called off because of the coronavirus outbreak, the league Tuesday reversed a policy that had restricted fans from widespread refunds on tickets to those games.
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
MLB granting teams autonomy to refund games postponed by COVID-19 pandemic
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Sports Illustrated and NESN.com
Trey Mancini / The Players' Tribune:
I Am So Lucky — I've always loved spring training. — It's one of my favorite times of year. It just has a slower pace, a softer edge. It's friendly. And it's all about baseball — and I love baseball. — But this year it was a little bit tougher, more of a grind to get through every day.
Mark Buckton / The Taiwan Times:
TTT Interview: Manny Ramirez “baseball royalty” — Manny Ramirez is a baseball superstar. — In an MLB career that lasted from 1993 when he made his debut for the Cleveland Indians, to 2011, when he was plying his trade at the Tampa Bay Rays, Manny Ramirez was known around the world for his hard-hitting performances at the plate.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony expected to be postponed, as Cooperstown weeps — The streets in the quaint village are empty, the charming stores and restaurants are shuttered, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum remains closed. — This was supposed to be the most glorious …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Andre Dawson's post-Hall of Fame career as a funeral director presents challenges amid coronavirus — Baseball Hall of Famer Andre Dawson has spent 12 years in the funeral business, dealing with death and heartbreak, but nothing prepared him for the pandemic that would sweep the world and alter everyone's way of life.
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New York Post
Jim Salisbury / NBCSports.com:
Source: Super-agent Scott Boras snags top Phillies prospect Alec Bohm — High-powered baseball agent Scott Boras has added another high-profile Phillie to his stable of clients. — Third baseman Alec Bohm has signed on with Boras, according to a source. Bohm, the Phillies' top position …
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Phillies Nation and MLB Trade Rumors
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays to furlough some staff, cut pay of others — Moves are a result of revenue losses due to the coronavirus shutdown. Also, a ticket refund plan will be announced this week. — ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays are putting some staff on furlough and cutting the pay of most other full …
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MLB Trade Rumors, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and DRaysBay
