Open Late

Starting the baseball season in July is bizarre, but I’ll take it

It’s four months late, far shorter and way weirder than we ever could’ve imagined it would be — but the Major League Baseball season is finally here.

Tonight the Washington Nationals will be at home against the New York Yankees, and the Los Angeles Dodgers will host the San Francisco Giants.

LET’S GO YANKEES!

Sorry, I digress.

I, for one, cannot wait to see what this 60-game, regionally scheduled, everyone-has-a-DH season brings. If the lead-up is any indication, it’s gonna be a wild ride.

There are cardboard cutouts in the stands.

There’s piped-in crowd noise.

On Monday night, in an exhibition game against the Phillies, Aaron Judge hit a home run with three outs in the fifth.

It really is a whole new ballgame.

Earlier this month, as my family and I watched the Yankees’ intrasquad scrimmages, I kept hearing Bob Uecker as Harry Doyle in “Major League” in my head:

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Yankee Stadium, where today’s attendance is… zero. Kinda reminds you of the late-80’s doesn’t it?