MLB writer Paul Sullivan on weird season, July 28

Photo of Paul Sullivan, president of the Baseball Writers Association of America

Paul Sullivan, president of the Baseball Writers Association of America, will discuss the most unusual Major League Baseball season in history at a National Press Club Virtual Newsmaker event at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, July 28.

Sullivan, a reporter with the Chicago Tribune, will join Club President Michael Freedman for a conversation about MLB's effort to launch America's Pastime in the midst of a global pandemic, while maintaining the health and safety of players, staff and those who cover the games. Watch the livestream online July 28.

The baseball season began July 23 for an abbreviated 60-game schedule. Among the changes this year: masks, high-fives are banned, cardboard cutouts of fans will fill the stands in some ballparks and recorded crowd noise will be pumped through stadium audio systems.

Sullivan, who covers both the White Sox and Cubs, has won multiple awards over his 39-year career. Freedman began his career as a sportscaster in Detroit and later oversaw news and major sports coverage for the broadcast division of United Press International and CBS Radio Network.

The Baseball Writers Association of America has ruled the press boxes of Major League ballparks since 1908, the same year the National Press Club was founded. Join us from the first pitch to the last out, as the presidents of these two venerable organizations get together to "talk baseball" this most unusual of seasons.