Fenway Park in Boston. Even if M.L.B. games are played this year, it will most likely be without fans. That has complicated negotiations between the players and team owners.
"Bud Selig presided over a canceled World Series, which would seem to be about as bad as it gets for a baseball commissioner’s legacy. Yet his successor, Rob Manfred, may sink even lower. Manfred just might cancel the entire 2020 season. On the draft broadcast last week, Manfred said with absolute certainty — '100 percent' — that there would be a Major League Baseball season this year. On Monday, he told ESPN he was 'not confident' there would be a season at all, because of the acrimony with the players’ union. 'It’s just a disaster for our game, absolutely no question about it,' Manfred added. 'It shouldn’t be happening.' ..."
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Craig Baker, who sells food and drinks at Rumble Ponies baseball games, in the empty stadium.
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