MLB Suspends <br />Spring Training, <br />Delays Start of Season Major League Baseball (MLB) <br />made the announcement in a <br />Twitter statement on Thursday. @MLB, via Twitter @MLB, via Twitter Spring training around the <br />country has been suspended, <br />effective immediately. MLB was scheduled to <br />begin its season on March 26. The decision by the league <br />follows similar announcements by <br />the NBA, NHL and MLS in the past 24 hours. The last time MLB suspended <br />its season was in 2001, following the <br />terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
