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A worker looks out onto the tarp-covered field after a spring training baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs was cancelled for inclement weather, at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz., Thursday, March 12, 2020. Major League Baseball is delaying the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak. Opening day had been scheduled for March 26. MLB also has suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

A worker looks out onto the tarp-covered field after a spring training baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs was cancelled for inclement weather, at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz., Thursday, March 12, 2020. Major League Baseball is delaying the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak. Opening day had been scheduled for March 26. MLB also has suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule. (AP Photo/Sue Og…

March 12, 2020

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MLB delays opening day at least 2 weeks because of virus
March 12, 2020 9:49 p.m.

MLB delays opening day at least 2 weeks because of virus

NEW YORK (AP) — Baltimore slugger Chris Davis was driving down Florida's west coast on Interstate 75 from Sarasota to Fort Myers for an exhibition game against the Minnesota Twins when he got the call.