Arizona governor Doug Ducey says his state is willing to host all 30 major league teams at the time public health concerns allow, which eventually could lead to the start of the baseball season primarily in empty spring training ballparks. Major League Baseball and the players' association have had preliminary discussion of potential ways for the season to start if given the go-ahead by federal, state and local governments and health officials. There are 10 spring training parks plus the Diamondbacks' Chase Field, which has a retractable roof, and several college facilities. "Arizona, at the right time, is very open minded to hosting whatever Major League Baseball would like from the state,'' Ducey, a Republican, said Tuesday. "We all want to make certain that the metrics and the data are proper before we're able to go forward, but I think two words that would allow the country and the state of Arizona to know that things were headed back to normal would be: Play ball!``

Source: The Standard April 15, 2020 05:15 UTC