They will not play this year, and baseball will never be the same. People will find new things to interest them. The highest baseball salaries have been paid, the biggest stadiums built.
It could have been different. Playing for TV audiences only during the shutdown could have revitalized the notion of baseball being America’s game and America’s pastime.
Rangers just built their new stadium and it’s sitting idle.
All forms of entertainment will not be the same.
People are discovering that they are non-essential workers.