The latest casualty of the corona virus pandemic is the June series in London between the Cubs and the Cardinals. Commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement yesterday in a message sent to MLB employees. The league had previously announced the cancelation of series in Mexico City and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Assuming the season starts at some point, those games will be played in St. Louis.
MLB played in Europe for the first time last June, when the Yankees swept a pair of games from the Red Sox in London. No official word on 2021, but there is at least one report that MLB will try again next year with the Cubs and Cardinals.
[…] of the casualties of the lockdown following the corona virus pandemic in 2020 was the cancellation of the series in London between the Cubs and the Cardinals. While MLB returned in full force in […]