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Minor league baseball, hockey teams seeking COVID-19 relief

FILE - An observer of a hockey match between the American Hockey League's Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins and the Binghamton Devils sits alone in the stands during the Penguins home opener at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre Twp, Pa., Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, only players, media and essential personnel were allowed in for the match. More than a hundred Minor League Baseball and over a dozen minor league hockey teams at various levels are hoping for some badly needed COVID-19 relief from the U.S. government, which could get through Congress as early as next week. (Dave Scherbenco/The Citizens' Voice via AP, File) The Erie Otters get ready to play the Saginaw Spirit in a preseason exhibition game at Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pa., Sept. 18, 2021. More than a hundred Minor League Baseball and over a dozen minor league hockey teams at various levels are hoping for some badly needed COVID-19 relief from the U.S. government, which could get through Congress as early as next week. (Erie Times-News via AP) FILE - Chattanooga Lookouts pitcher Hunter Greene throws to a River City Trash Pandas batter during a Double-A baseball game Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than a hundred Minor League Baseball and over a dozen minor league hockey teams at various levels are hoping for some badly needed COVID-19 relief from the U.S. government, which could get through Congress as early as next week. (C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File) FILE - Players stand during the national anthem before the Rosemont Dogs played their baseball home-opener against the Milwaukee Milkmen at Impact Field in Rosemont, Ill., Tuesday, July 7, 2020. More than a hundred Minor League Baseball and over a dozen minor league hockey teams at various levels are hoping for some badly needed COVID-19 relief from the U.S. government, which could get through Congress as early as next week. (John Starks/Daily Herald, via AP, File, File) FILE - Tulsa Drillers players stand in the dugout while fans watch before the Drillers' opening night Double-A baseball game against the Frisco RoughRiders in Tulsa, Okla., Tuesday, June 30, 2020. More than a hundred Minor League Baseball and over a dozen minor league hockey teams at various levels are hoping for some badly needed COVID-19 relief from the U.S. government, which could get through Congress as early as next week.(Ian Maule/Tulsa World/Tulsa World via AP, File)
Minor league baseball, hockey teams seeking COVID-19 relief