Baseball’s Opening Day reflects a politicized nation caught between Covid-19 and hope

If baseball is a metaphor for American life, Opening Day brought a tantalizing springtime hint of better days ahead, despite reflecting a nation divided by the polarized politics of a pandemic and Georgia’s battle over Republican voter suppression.If baseball is a metaphor for American life, Opening Day brought a tantalizing springtime hint of better days ahead, despite reflecting a nation divided by the polarized politics of a pandemic and Georgia’s battle over Republican voter suppression.