Yankees' Randy Levine: 'Not Practical' to Play Entire MLB Season Without Fans

New York Yankees president Randy Levine told host Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business' Mornings with Maria that playing the Major League Baseball season is "not practical" without fans. 

"How can we get into our parks as soon as we can with all the appropriate mitigation?" Levine said (h/t Randy Miller of NJ Advance Media). "Social distancing, taking temperature checks, wearing masks, wearing gloves. I think it's all doable because I think that to have games just on TV for the whole season for many, many reasons is not practical."

The start of the MLB season is delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Levine also stressed the need for fans to return to the ballpark in a safe manner:

"I think that we need to just get going. Be prepared. There has to be a private-public partnership that all sides—the economic sides, the health sides—are brought to bear to make sure this is done safely and reasonably. And that's where we're trying to go right now to get this going as quickly as we can because the country needs sports."

Levine also said that "the most important thing is keeping our fans and our employees safe."

Reports have surfaced about MLB's plans to return to the ballpark, but they all have involved playing without fans at neutral sites.

ESPN's Jeff Passan revealed a plan in which the MLB season would be played out entirely in Arizona at spring training ballparks in the Phoenix area in addition to the Arizona Diamondbacks' Chase Field.

Another plan involved splitting the league into three states (Florida, Texas and Arizona), per R.J. Anderson of CBS Sports. Games would be played at major league or minor league parks without fans.

The COVID-19 pandemic has continued its spread throughout the United States and world, with 776,907 confirmed cases in the U.S. alone, per the World Health Organization.