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Baseball's best player is the public face of private concerns many in the game are grappling with as summer camp starts during a pandemic.

Tommy Pham, a key offseason acquisition for the Padres, tested positive for the coronavirus. He's asymptomatic, GM A.J. Preller said.

A longtime sportswriter, he collaborated with Hank Aaron, Bob Gibson and Mike Piazza on their autobiographies. "I was there," he once said, "to make the subject more literary."

"I know you can't really see the smiles on us, because we've got our masks on," the Red Sox' manager said as teams were allowed to formally work out again. "But it was a long time at home."

Without saying if the team would consider changing its name, the Atlanta Braves issued a statement Saturday saying it "honors, supports, and values the Native American community. That will never change."

At one point, Bryan Lee, the interpreter for the Toronto Blue Jays ace Hyun-jin Ryu, was not cutting his hair or changing his T-shirt, to be in sync with the pitcher.

The announcement came hours after the Washington Redskins of the N.F.L. made a similar statement. Both teams have been the subject of protests and criticism from Native Americans and others.

Joon Lee talks optimism about the shortened season, Ivy League culture and the movie "Sugar."

Rays ace Blake Snell said it wasn't hard to start playing again after MLB agreed to full pro-rated salaries.