Baseball players are creatures of habit, often chained to some superstitions and in-game quirks. They spit, high-five, lick. They get close even if the sport is naturally distanced. When tensions mount, one stink eye or misguided pitch can ignite a brawl.
Now, baseball players will have to curb all their habits and quirks and put aside some superstition in the name of health.
"Last thing we want to do is be one of the teams that cause a problem and put this thing at risk," A's third baseman Matt Chapman said.
With a week remaining in camp, how are the A's managing with the habit kicking?
