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    Baseball Shouts 'Play Ball!' But For How Long? A Nervous 2020 Season Begins

    Major League Baseball's delayed and shortened regular season gets underway Thursday. There will be no fans in the stands and plenty of health and safety protections for the players and team officials.
    by Tom Goldman Jul 23, 2020 2 minutes
    The defending World Series champion Washington Nationals will take on the New York Yankees Thursday in the first game of a delayed and shortened regular season on Thursday at Nationals Park.

    The run-don't-walk Major League Baseball season begins Thursday night.

    Normally it's a 162-game stroll. But the Washington Nationals vs New York Yankees opener, in D.C., represents the beginning of a 60-game sprint through a pandemic shortened schedule.

    After the Nats play the Yanks, in a game that'll feature throwing out the first pitch and keep alive President Trump's streak of , the Los Angeles Dodgers host the San

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