MLB Could Start Season By July 4th

Major League Baseball is searching for ways to start the 2020 season and a report indicates that July 4th could be a key date.

"The most realistic time range for Opening Day — somewhere between mid-June and July 4, in the view of most officials — would allow for an 80- to 100-game regular season, with the schedule running through October," Ken Rosenthal reports. "An expanded postseason at neutral sites might follow, with the World Series ending in late November or early December."

MLB's owners and players both have the goal of maximizing the number of games in the season and thus maximize revenues.