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Baseball Summer Camp - Sharpening Skills While Fending Off The Coronavirus

Major League Baseball is getting ready to play ball once again. But it all depends on the coronavirus. Teams have begun 'summer training' before a shortened season that's supposed to begin on July 23.
Seattle Mariners players are gearing up for the start of a shortened regular season. At their home ballpark, summer training is underway this week with strict coronavirus restrictions.

Not long ago, a Major League Baseball season seemed improbable, with owners and players fighting about how to restart in the middle of a pandemic.

Now, the fighting is over, at least publicly.

And the Majors are a little more than two weeks away from playing ball. If all goes well.

Until then, teams are holding summer camps around the country, where players are quickly sharpening their baseball skills and adjusting to a slew of coronavirus safety measures.

Forget languid

When baseball shut down in March, it interrupted the languid days of spring training. Picture fans lounging on blankets, under the Florida and Arizona sun.

Now, with the summer version of spring training underway, forget languid.

There are no fans. And if you want to cover it

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