MLB owners approve plan to start season in July

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MLB owners approve plan to start season in July

Oriole Park at Camden Yards is closed on what would’ve been Opening Day in Baltimore, Md.
An American Flag is unfurled in the outfield during the playing of the National Anthem before the start a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers in Chicago. Major League Baseball owners gave the go-ahead Monday to making a proposal to the players’ union that could lead to the coronavirus-delayed season starting around the Fourth of July weekend in ballparks without fans, a plan that envisioned expanding the designated hitter to the National League for 2020.
Boston Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts makes a leaping catch on a ball hit by New York Yankees’ DJ LeMahieu during the eighth inning of a baseball game in New York.
A fan dressed for the Fourth of July holiday dances to music in the stadium in the fifth inning of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas. Major League Baseball owners gave the go-ahead Monday to making a proposal to the players’ union that could lead to the coronavirus-delayed season starting around the Fourth of July weekend in ballparks without fans, a plan that envisioned expanding the designated hitter to the National League for 2020.

MLB owners approve plan to start season in July

Oriole Park at Camden Yards is closed on what would’ve been Opening Day in Baltimore, Md.
An American Flag is unfurled in the outfield during the playing of the National Anthem before the start a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers in Chicago. Major League Baseball owners gave the go-ahead Monday to making a proposal to the players’ union that could lead to the coronavirus-delayed season starting around the Fourth of July weekend in ballparks without fans, a plan that envisioned expanding the designated hitter to the National League for 2020.
Boston Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts makes a leaping catch on a ball hit by New York Yankees’ DJ LeMahieu during the eighth inning of a baseball game in New York.
A fan dressed for the Fourth of July holiday dances to music in the stadium in the fifth inning of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas. Major League Baseball owners gave the go-ahead Monday to making a proposal to the players’ union that could lead to the coronavirus-delayed season starting around the Fourth of July weekend in ballparks without fans, a plan that envisioned expanding the designated hitter to the National League for 2020.
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