It was announced yesterday that baseball spring training will resume July 1st, and that the regular season will begin on July 24th. However, the season will be shortened to 60 games, while the postseason will take place in October as originally scheduled. Of course, the players union and baseball owners are both unhappy about the arrangement. The owners wanted to play more games with reduced player salaries, since there will be no fans in the stands this year, and the players steadfastly refused. The end result is that the players will get their full pro-rated salaries, but with far fewer games than they wanted. And if my South Side heros, the Chicago White Sox, do indeed make it to the playoffs this year - as predicted - will their success be discounted because of the shortened season? Most definitely. In any case, to celebrate the soon to start season, I am posting the photograph I used for my opening day greeting cards last year, featuring (from left to right) - in front of the Comiskey Park scoreboard - White Sox legend Shoeless Joe Jackson, former White Sox owner Bill Veeck, and legendary White Sox broadcaster Harry Caray, South Side heros all.
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