Sports world reacts to MLB announcing it will proceed with 2020 season

After yet another rejection of an MLB offer by the MLBPA on Monday, news broke that MLB has decided on a tentative start date on a the 2020 season.

Rob Manfred, the MLB commissioner, had an emergency call with the owners after the MLBPA rejected MLB’s latest offer.

Following that meeting, the league issued a statement. It has decided to play a 60-game season if the union agrees to have their players report by July 1, and they agree on the safety and health protocols.

MLB just released a statement that concluded with the following announcement. pic.twitter.com/MAtEhu2E6P
— Kyle Glaser (@KyleAGlaser) June 23, 2020

Spring training will start July 1, with the 60-game regular season starting the weekend of July 24-26. Play ball.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) June 23, 2020

MLB wants an answer from the Players Association by Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET.

Major League Baseball has asked the MLB Players Association if players can report to camp by July 1 and will sign off on health-and-safety protocols. The union has been asked to respond by 5 p.m. Tuesday.

In other words: MLB is planning on a season.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) June 23, 2020

As news of this announcement circulated around Twitter, the reactions poured in.

There will be baseball in 2020 🙏🏻🙏🏻
— Jake Brown (@JakeBrownRadio) June 23, 2020

We have baseball back. Maybe. Who actually knows https://t.co/BjdvnaWsEa
— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) June 23, 2020

So we will have baseball, but its clear now the players want to sue the owners as much as they want to play. Im not saying they are wrong. https://t.co/D3IhLC2fOn
— John Kuhn (@kuhnj30) June 23, 2020

https://twitter.com/MichaelJSully/status/1275226612959711232

Feels forced, but at least we’ll have a MLB season. If baseball was smart, the two sides would’ve agreed on at least an 80 game season and mic everybody up. We don’t get either of those things. It’ll be a sprint
— Chase Senior (@Chase_Senior) June 23, 2020

MLB just told the players the “Where” and “When”- so let’s see if they really meant it (I’m still on their side of this fiasco)
— David Rosenthal (@_therealdrose) June 23, 2020