In A Crazy, Strange Sports World During COVID-19, Baseball Starts Season July 23

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

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Gil Hodges in the two hole

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Say Hey batting third

 

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Tom Terrific batting cleanup

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Reggie wearing nine before 44 batting fifth

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Law firm of Garvey Yogi & Boog penciled into the sixth hole

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Missing Roberto Clemente batting seventh

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Koufax and McLain batting eighth

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Trout in the nine hole

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And rounding out the lineup card is Al Kaline’s glove

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