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COVID-19 resurgence fears shorten 241 baseball season

Players from both Middlesex League 241 teams line the bases at Deltaville Ballpark earlier this month before the National Anthem for a memorial for Middlesex High School senior Grayson Shelton, who passed away earlier this year.  (Photo by Stephen Blue)

The 241 Baseball League has made a decision to shorten its season from the last regular season game ending on Sept. 28 to a double elimination tournament starting on Sept. 6.

“We feel that the rise in COVID-19 numbers and the fact that the kids are going back to school, it would be best for us to play it safe and allow the kids time to readjust to school, homework and school sports.

“We don’t want to be the cause of an outbreak and jeopardize the kids being back in school full-time,” he said.

“I hope everyone supports our decision. We do this league for the kids and we feel we are putting the kids first  with this decision,” said Fitchett.

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Larry Chowning
Larry Chowninghttps://www.ssentinel.com
Larry is a reporter for the Southside Sentinel and author of several books centered around the people and places of the Chesapeake Bay.