What has been missed because of the pandemic

May 9, 2020 at 11:50PM
New juniper plants for the batters eye were laid out on the warning track to get sun Friday afternoon at Target Field.
New juniper plants for the batters eye were laid out on the warning track to get sun Friday afternoon at Target Field. (Brian Stensaas — STAR TRIBUNE/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

What has been missed?

The sports shutdown has reached two months. If things had gone on as scheduled …

MLB: The 162-game regular season would have been about one-fourth complete at the end of this weekend.

NBA: The playoffs would have been in the middle of the second round, with eight teams still in contention for the NBA title.

NHL: The quest for the Stanley Cup would have been down to four teams, with the Eastern and Western Conference finals getting underway.

Tennis: The clay-court Madrid Open, one of the key tuneups for the French Open, would have wrapped up Sunday.

PGA Tour: The Byron Nelson tournament was to have been the final tuneup for the second major of the year, the PGA Championship in San Francisco.

NASCAR: The series would be nearing the halfway point of its 26-race regular season.

MLS: About one-third of the 34-game regular season would be over.

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