The Battle for a Baseball Season

<p><em>This episode contains strong language.</em></p><p>Today, we go inside the fraught weeks that led up to the opening game of the 2020 professional baseball season — from the perspective of the commissioner of Major League Baseball. Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/michael-s-schmidt?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">Michael S. Schmidt</a>, who covers national security for The New York Times, spoke with Rob Manfred, the commissioner of Major League Baseball. For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily </a></p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The schedule is short. The stadiums will be empty. This is what our baseball writer<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/sports/baseball/mlb-season-coronavirus.html" target="_blank"> thinks the season might look like</a> this year.</li></ul>