By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
You know the universe is out of kilter — or a virus pandemic has an evil grip on everyday life — when the baseball season starts July 23.
But that’s what we’ve come down to — a 60-game sprint to the finish for Major League Baseball, which is known more for its grueling 162-game marathon season from spring training in late winter to World Series games in early November.
My photographer friend Tom Donoghue sent over a batch of precious baseball photos this morning to mark the first pitch of the 2020 baseball campaign in the age of novel coronavirus.
Here’s my starting nine — plus DH for 10 — in today’s Opening Day of baseball photos.
Casey leads off
Gil Hodges in the two hole
Say Hey batting third
Tom Terrific batting cleanup
Reggie wearing nine before 44 batting fifth
Law firm of Garvey Yogi & Boog penciled into the sixth hole
Missing Roberto Clemente batting seventh
Koufax and McLain batting eighth
Trout in the nine hole
And rounding out the lineup card is Al Kaline’s glove
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