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I didn't think there would be baseball at all this year, but about midway through what would have been the regular season, it was announced that a sixty-game season would commence in July. There were a number of rule changes, some of which will probably become permanent (like universal designated hitter (alas) and three-batter minimum for pitchers) and other that probably won't (like seven-inning games for double-headers). I think the double-header rule was a late change, after a number of teams had to play make-up double-headers to account for games missed due to COVID.

When the season started, I thought it was likely the whole thing would be shut down in a few weeks, especially after a bunch of Marlins broke the isolation rules and ended up COVID-positive and infected players from another team. But either personnel became more compliant or more lucky, and the regular season finished yesterday with every team having played enough games to get a meaningful result.

The Cubs started out great, then skidded, then recovered, then lost a bunch of games in a row. But in the end, they won their division with a 34-26 record. They'll be playing the Marlins in the first round of playoffs. I have no confidence in their going very far -- 538.com gives them a 5% chance of winning the World Series -- but it would be nice if they could at least get past the first round.

And I'll be watching the games (albeit on MLB.tv, which means not until at least 90 minutes after the game finishes). It's not over until it's over, after all.
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