Big League Baseball is cancelling this years All-Star Video game due to issues over the coronavirus. The Los Angeles Dodgers, who were to host this years game, will instead play host to the Midsummer Classic in 2022.
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Big League Baseball is cancelling this years All-Star Game due to issues over the coronavirus. The Los Angeles Dodgers, who were to host this years game, will rather play host to the Midsummer Classic in 2022.
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Cancelling the All-Star video game is the most recent hit the league has taken considering that the pandemic began. In March, the league put a stop to spring training, just two weeks shy of what would have been opening day. Disagreements between the players union and MLB over money and safety issues even more delayed the leagues reduced 60-game season.
The 2021 edition is set to be played in Atlanta at the Braves Truist Park.
The Los Angeles Dodgers were set to host for the very first time given that 1980.
Major League Baseball is cancelling the 2020 All-Star game over concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic and limiting on mass events, the league states.
This years Mid Summer Classic, planned for July 14, is the first All-Star Game cancelled considering that World War II. A week of fan activities around the American and National League exhibit match-up– consisting of the Home Run Derby– will also be put on hold this year.
“Once it became clear we were not able to hold this years All-Star celebrations, we wanted to award the Dodgers with the next readily available All-Star Game, which is 2022,” stated baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr stated in a declaration.
Late last month, both sides accepted have opening day on July 23 or 24, with players resuming training at the start of the month.
Played in 1933, the All-Star Game has actually a been a yearly event, conserve for 1945 when wartime travel restrictions interfered.
MLB recently introduced new guidelines to stem the spread of the virus among gamers, including a ban on spitting by players throughout the game.
