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Major League Baseball returns on July 23. The N.B.A. returns on July 30. Both the W.N.B.A. and the N.H.L. will return this month, too.
By Victor Mather
First there was a void. A formless, shapeless, sportsless few months with Belarusian soccer and exhibition table tennis darting about in the inky darkness.
May brought a glimmer: South Korean baseball, German soccer and mixed martial arts.
In June, the Premier League and golf joined the mix.
Now it’s July, and the pinprick of light has become bright. Sports is really, truly, finally coming back.
Pandemic willing.
They say it doesn’t feel like summer until baseball starts. This year, summer begins on July 23, when Major League Baseball gets underway, with a rapid-fire 60-game season.
There was a contentious labor negotiation, a few players have already opted out because of safety concerns, and stadiums will be empty. But players will be turning double plays, running 90 feet between bases and hitting home runs, just as they have for more than a century.
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