2020-07-23 00:00:00, Aria Gerson, USA TODAY

Content Categorization
/Sports/Team Sports/Baseball
/News/Sports News

Word Count:
825

Words/Sentence:
16

Reading Time:
5.50 min

Reading Quality:
Intermediate

Readability:
11th or 12th

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Sure, it may be late July and the United States is in a constant state of existential dread, but today is the day Major League Baseball – which shut down its spring training March 13 due to COVID-19 just two weeks before the season was set to commence – finally starts its season.

MLB PREDICTIONS:Our team makes its picks for World Series champsMOOKIE BETTS:Monster extension makes Dodgers favorites for yearsPlayers reported to a resumed Spring Training, dubbed Summer Camp, beginning July 1.

Each team will play 10 games against each of the four teams in its own division, plus 20 total games against teams in the corresponding division in the other league.

The Nationals also announced earlier this week that Dr. Anthony Fauci will throw out the first pitch at Nationals Park and DC mayor Muriel Bowser will say "Play ball."

Although MLB is not playing in a bubble like the NBA or NHL, the schedule is set up to reduce travel.

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