St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports columnist Ben Frederickson, fresh off streaming some live baseball from Asia, joins baseball writer Derrick Goold and the Best Podcast in Baseball to discuss official signs of optimism for the return of sports and Major League Baseball. Players are getting creative to stay in shape (see: Goldschmidt, Paul and Voit, Luke), leagues will get creative to play a season (see: Grapefruit League vs. Cactus League), and fans will be asked to be patient as games likely happen in isolated cities in front of empty ballparks. But there's a note of caution. Will this stoppage and the hasty return of sports -- when safe, when healthy, when permitted -- accelerate changes in Major League Baseball. Did we see the last baseball game without a DH? Will the schedule dismantle the American and National leagues and prioritize balance, not history? The two Post-Dispatch staff writers discuss sports returns, and the ramifications. The Best Podcast in Baseball, brought to you weekly by Closets by Design of St. Louis, is a production of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, StlToday.com, and Derrick Goold. (Please note there is one moment of crashing feedback early in the podcast when a microphone was jostled. Thank you for understanding.)

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