'Home is where I need to be right now': Rockies' Desmond to sit out MLB season
4:52pm PDT - June 30th, 2020 ian desmond - CBC NewsThe 34-year-old Desmond wrote Monday night on Instagram that the "COVID-19 pandemic has made this baseball season one that is a risk I am not comfortable taking." But the biracial slugger also mentioned a myriad of issues within baseball as well.