as a 28 year old, it's time for me to get to the big leagues or get out.

And so I was really optimistic that this year was going to be the year,

and now that there's just no year at all, like you know, there's a lot of uncertainty.

We don't know what's going to happen next year.

This is Death, Sex, and Money.

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot

and need to talk about more.

I'm Anna Sale.

And this is our series, Game Changer.

Across the globe, sporting events and seasons have been canceled or postponed

because of COVID.

And that's meant big changes for athletes, who make their money from the games they play

and organize their lives around them, too.

Mitch Harachek is a minor league baseball pitcher, who went from spring training

with his teammates in Florida to working out his arm alone in a park near his grandma's house

and Breckenridge, Colorado.

I would just throw my baseballs at the net, go pick them up, then scoop back,

and throw them again.

Minor league baseball was canceled this year, but Mitch still needed to stay in shape.

All of the gyms were closed, so I actually went to Home Depot,

which was one of the only places that was open.

And a bunch of concrete and flower pots and fastened my own set of weights.

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