Baseball, or something very much resembling it, is finally back.
and Mike Leake of the Arizona Diamondbacks — chose not to play, forgoing their salaries in the process. At least three coaches, all of them 60 or older, were asked by their teams to stay home and contribute remotely.Those who remain will be asked, though not mandated, to limit their interactions away from the field to only immediate family members, a message that is expected to be hammered home over the coming days as players begin workouts and managers contemplate their speeches to the group.
“There’s going to be things that are a nuisance, probably, on a daily basis that you’re going to have to navigate and get through,” New York Yankees Manager Aaron Boone told reporters. “I believe one of my biggest jobs is to make sure that there’s a message that guys are constantly enforcing with one another and that we’re constantly holding each other accountable.
“Playing 162 games in a typical season, that’s one of the great challenges of what we do,” Cincinnati Reds Manager David Bell told reporters. “There’s no denying that this is a completely different season, but I would say that, actually, [the 2020 World Series champion will be] a team that overcame the greatest challenges any of us have ever been a part of.
dominated the offseason and much of the spring — would be treated in visiting parks across the league.
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