FILLING THE VOID
Each offseason, promotional directors from minor league teams around the country meet to brainstorm—among other things—ways to utilize their ballparks on days without baseball. With the 2020 season currently suspended and highly unlikely to begin at all, executing those ideas has become paramount.
No games means no fans, which means almost no revenue for each of the 160 minor league teams above the Rookie complex levels. Layoffs and furloughs have been commonplace across the industry, but the employees who remain are hard at work trying to make the most of their facilities as states and cities begin
