MLB announces 60-game season will start in July

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Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have agreed to play a 60-game season, which will start on either July 23 or 24.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Tuesday night that players will report to "spring" training on July 1 — nearly four months after it was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.