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MLB delays opening day to mid-May at earliest due to virus

by AP Baseball Writer
| March 17, 2020 12:05 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball pushed back opening day until mid-May at the earliest on Monday because of the new coronavirus after the federal government recommended restricting events of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks.

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