Major League Baseball unveiled a big surprise Thursday afternoon: A schedule for the 2021 season.
Not 2020, 2021. And it came a few weeks earlier than it would in a non-pandemic-muddled year, too. It's unclear why MLB felt the need to book their calendars next summer when the coronavirus trajectory and impact could not be more of an unknown.
It seemed odd to plan for something more familiar when the most unfamiliar, unprecedented type of baseball season is still hanging precariously in the balance.
There are two weeks until the season is scheduled to begin. Will it happen?
Here are reasons to be pessimistic and optimistic that we'll see a World Series this October.
