{"id":983,"date":"2020-07-01T14:22:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T14:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/?p=983"},"modified":"2020-07-01T14:22:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T14:22:33","slug":"a-growing-list-of-mlb-players-are-opting-out-of-the-shortened-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/?p=983","title":{"rendered":"A Growing List of MLB Players Are Opting Out of the Shortened Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Major League Baseball and the NBA continue to insist that they’re coming back THIS MONTH.  But every day, they seem more and more DOOMED.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least four<\/a> MLB players have opted out . . . Mike Leake<\/strong> of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Ryan Zimmerman<\/strong> and Joe Ross<\/strong> of the World Champion Washington Nationals, and Ian Desmond<\/strong> of the Colorado Rockies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They’re all sitting out for concerns over COVID-19, whether for themselves or high-risk family members . . . but Desmond, who’s biracial, also shared his frustration with racial injustice, and wants to spend some time off working with the youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(His statement was made in a very powerful Instagram post<\/a>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On my mind.<\/a><\/p>

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