Rant: There is crying in baseball after all. Plus today's headlines.

Today's top headlines:

• 14 patients with COVID-19 in Floyd, Redmond hospitals on Tuesday; 4 others awaiting test results. Second Polk resident dies. Local positive tests jump by 53 from Monday.
• 2020 season of the Rome Braves -- and minor league baseball -- officially canceled. What Braves' fans need to know.
• Health: State again rejects Floyd's bid to offer adult open heart surgery.
• Business: Home sales down 20.5% but prices mixed for Northwest Georgia homebuyers, sellers in May vs. a year earlier.
• Independence Day 2020: Fireworks, parades still on tap although some events have been canceled. What to know.
• Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Maybe a half-inch of rain today, more storms possible. Independence Day: 89 with a 40% rain chance.
• Truett's Chick-Fil-A Sports Report: New look, focus for Berry College athletics online.

Rant of the Day: What time is it? Cryin' time.

Few were surprised to hear the 2020 Rome Braves season was officially canceled -- as well as that of 159 other teams in North America. What makes this even sadder: At least 40 communities will see their teams lose Major League affiliation by year's end. Some will go away. Others will be hammered by pandemic-related losses.

The Rome Braves are "safe" and are due to return in 2021 to a recently upgraded stadium. But that is not helping the fans who made State Mutual Stadium their home each spring and summer. 

Add in the economic blow to Floyd County and it really hits home.