Top 10 Things to Watch for This Baseball Season

It seems like only yesterday that the New York Yankees lifted their 27th World Series trophy. With the new baseball season starting, TIME looks at 10 things to watch for, from new players to the impact of fantasy sports

1. The National Pastime

By Glen Levy Sunday, Apr. 04, 2010

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Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Roy Halladay

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After a year wracked by almost constant steroid scandals, watch for MLB to get its house in order, and get set for a season focused solely on the simple pleasures of playing ball. The main headline from spring training? No news is good news. Plus, baseball has no labor storm clouds on the horizon (unlike the NFL) and scant disagreements about how to run the game (unlike the NHL). And there's absolutely nothing (yet) to rock the sport to compare with a certain Eldrick Tiger Woods.

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