The coronavirus pandemic has shortened baseball's familiar 162-game, six-month marathon to a 60-game, 67-day sprint, auguring the most unusual season in MLB historyWhat's quite certain to be the weirdest year in Major League Baseball history shoves off Thursday night with the familiar 162-game, six-month marathon having been shortened – after a wildly self-destructive standoff between the owners and the players that cast doubt on whether there would be any season at all – to a 60-game, 67-day sprint. Ready or not, let the games begin. How weird are we talking?Well, for starters, as of press time the first pitch is less than 24 hours away and at least one team has no idea what city it's going to play in. And that's putting aside the empty ballparks (for now), cardboard cutouts in lieu of fans, artificial crowd noise, expanded rosters and revamped rule book, all of which promises a season both aesthetically and tactically unlike any we've seen. Who's playing and who's not?About a dozen major leaguers have opted out of the season entirely, citing the health risks stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. They include some of the sport's biggest names: six-time All-Star...