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MLB Suspending Baseball Operations Indefinitely
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On Thursday afternoon Major League Baseball became the latest professional sports league to suspend operations indefinitely moving forward due to the spread of coronavirus.
The MLB season is scheduled to begin March 26 with all 30 teams playing. That will be pushed back at least two weeks and the remainder of Spring Training games are canceled.
Here's the statement from MLB:
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