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NBCSports.com baseball writer Craig Calcater breaks down how testings delays and positive COVID-19 tests are proving to be a hurdle to getting baseball back for the Fall as several players have already opted out for the season.

That’s one heck of an opening week. 

The Giants’ Opening Day will be a first in franchise history next season. 

Major League Baseball is making efforts to return to the field, but it won’t be easy. Sports writer Maury Brown details the many hurdles still in place for returning players.

On the first day of intrasquad games the Giants were without two key players, and another was slightly limited.

The Giants announced Wednesday morning that they will resume workouts at Oracle Park after the latest round of coronavirus tests came back negative.

NBA and MLB are both gearing up for modified seasons, but reports that players have tested positive for COVID-19 are raising concerns that the precautions to keep players and staff safe won’t be enough. So will sports fans actually get to watch professional baseball and basketball this year? Sports injury expert Will Carroll weighs in.

As baseball season nears, the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics are both dealing with coronavirus-related obstacles. Janelle Wang talks with NBC Sports Bay Area’s Brodie Brazil about the latest updates.

The Giants hoped to ramp things up at Oracle Park on Tuesday, holding a simulated game three days earlier than they had planned as players rush to get ready for the July 23 opener. Instead, they’ve completely shut down Spring Training 2.0.

Major League Baseball released its pandemic-shortened schedule even as some teams were bogged down by coronavirus concerns

The Giants have returned to Oracle Park to prepare for the most unique MLB season of this century.

Dodger Stadium’s 40-year wait to host the All-Star Game is going to last even longer

As monuments, statues and memorials around the world come under increased scrutiny, some former Most Valuable Players in Major League Baseball are saying they’d like to see a change in future MVP plaques.

Bobby Bonilla, who retired as a baseball player in 2001, hasn’t played for the New York Mets since 1999. Yet Bonilla is among the highest-paid position players on the Mets’ payroll this year. The team paid the 57-year-old $1,193,248.20 on Wednesday — as it has each year over the past decade and will continue doing through 2035.

Oracle Park is one of MLB’s most iconic ballparks, and it turns out the Giants’ home still looks great in Lego form.

Major League Baseball says a team will not specifically announce a COVID-19 injured list placement for a player who is removed from the club after testing positive, just an IL trip

Potential exhibition games between the Giants and A’s would feature interesting rules.

Players like Rockies outfielder Ian Desmond and Nationals slugger Ryan Zimmerman say they’re opting out of the upcoming 60-game season.

The mystery of what has happened to Los Angeles Dodgers’ outfielder Andrew Toles has been solved.

By all indications, Major League Baseball is back. Next wednesday, the Giants and A’s begin practicing in the Bay Area and in late July, the season starts. With this new surge in cases — and all the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, is this a good idea? Raj Mathai spoke to Giants’ first-year manager Gabe Kapler for his take.