Is this guy still playing for the Angels?

Maybe a 60-game season is just what Albert Pujols needs to stay healthy and put up a batting line that looks somewhat decent - rather than slogging through a normal season that started in late March and likely ended in late September.

Even if Pujols plays in only 30-40 games, I would love to see him put go on a tear - it's probably too late in his career, but it would be nice to see once last burst of dominance from the all-time great.

As far as the upcoming big league season goes, I think it's going kind of unique, but peculiar to have no fans in the stands - maybe I'm an odd duck, but I get self-conscious about watching a game remotely at home while 35,000 other people get to experience watching a big league game in person.

For at least a little bit, everyone seems like they have to watch MLB somewhere other than a ballpark - so maybe I'll be more focused about the game happening on the field, rather than feel a little jealous about the fans in the stands and asking why I'm not where they are.

Will professional baseball be played this month?

Major League teams have started up summer camps and there is a cautious optimism the highest level of professional baseball will be played - I’m ambivalent because on MLB Trade Rumors or on Twitter, it seems like I'm reading daily news about players choosing to opt out of the 60 game schedule, different players getting sick with COVID-19 and needing to self-quarantine while there are instances where the testing is amateur hour at best.

I’ll watch the games if and when they start up but it's a long 3 weeks from now till that mid season Opening Day start - I'm still hoping to see Anthony Rendon mash for the Angels sooner than never along with what the team can do in a shortened, abbreviated season.

Ironically MLB has turned me off over the past 10-15 years because of the very things they have to do now to protect the self-absorbed players - social distancing and keeping them in this bubble where there might not be any sort of 'non-essential' casual access / contact allowed [ok, to get an autograph if nothing else] between players and fans.

To get overly dramatic, it might be one year from now, two years or five and it might not happen at a MLB game - but I just might cry that first time I get my first in-person baseball autograph from a big league player when an opportunity presents itself.