USA TODAY does a deep dive on the Appalachian League, which was "fraught with disarray, COVID-19" and "frustration" this season. Without someone "specially assigned to enforce protocols or address issues in the Appalachian League, many coaches and staff members, who already had their hands full with a six-game-a-week schedule, said the season became exhausting and disorganized." There were times when coaching staffs -- "struggling to get direction from USA Baseball and MLB -- developed their own COVID-19 protocols." Or they would "reach out to other teams to see what they were doing."
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