Play ball! MLB's Opening Day finally arrives for pandemic-shortened season.
A masked Fauci, a big baseball fan, donned a Nationals No. 19 jersey and showed his rust with anThe doctor threw his hands out in comic disbelief after his throw went somewhere in the direction of Nationals relief pitcher Sean Doolittle, playing catcher for the pregame ceremony.
Nationals Max Scherzer was only slightly high and away with the first real pitch of the 2020 season, hurled at 7:09 p.m.Reminders of the pandemic were all over empty Nationals Park. Some coaches on the bench wore masks, and Washington learned hours before the game it'd be without young superstarThursday night's opener matched the defending World Series-champion Nationals and the Yankees, the franchise with the most championships.
The San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers were scheduled to meet later Thursday night in Southern California.for the start of this abbreviated 60-game season. Wrigley rooftop seating as the Chicago Cubs play against the San Diego Padres during a game at Wrigley Field on June 21, 2017 in Chicago.Perhaps the closest any fans will get to action will be in Chicago where the seats of Wrigley Field will be empty for the Cubs and visiting Milwaukee Brewers - but a handful of diehards are being allowed to sit on rooftops overlooking the historic park.
There will be some fans allowed on top of 11 Wrigleyville rooftops on Waveland and Sheffield Avenues, but at dramatically under capacity, as mandated by city and state health officials.
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