Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park remains empty.

For how much longer is anybody's guess.

“We can't do anything until we (Butler County) are in the green phase,” said Dean Selfridge, the ballpark's director of operations. “We just wait on the governor's latest announcements and go from there.”

Three amateur tournaments slated for late May — a West Penn Elite youth tourney and two Atlantic Coast Baseball weekends — have already been canceled.

The Butler BlueSox were scheduled to open May 29.

“It doesn't look like they'll be playing in May at all,” Selfridge said of the BlueSox. “We're not giving up on anything. Everything's just on hold.”

Shawn Manning is an organizer for the Blue Sox and Butler Iron Bucks, two local summer wooden bat teams participating in the Tri-State Collegiate League.

That league consists of eight teams in Western Pennsylvania and Ohio.

“A lot of summer collegiate leagues have already canceled their seasons or established July 1 as the latest possible day to begin.

“Our league is different from most in that we don't have host families,” Manning said. “We can be very flexible at this point. We can afford to wait, not have to make any decisions right now.”

Selfridge said one possibility is to begin the Tri-State league season when all of the league's counties — besides Allegheny — are in the green phase.

“Of course, we'd love to have a full league, but if we had to go with four or six teams to get a season in, that may be an option,” he said.

The league has teams in Toledo and Youngsown in Ohio, DuBois, Pittsburgh and Butler.

Selfridge added that the league could begin play as late as July and still get a season in.

“We're all about developing players and giving these kids the opportunity to play baseball this summer,” Manning said. “We just have to treat this season a little differently.

“Under normal circumstances, we're getting players already in season, with pitching arms built up. This year, we'll have to be patient with them, give them time to get their legs and arms back.”

Manning figures a two-week training camp will be needed before teams are ready to play games.

“We're talking about high-level collegiate athletes. They've been doing things on their own to stay in shape,” he said.

“We don't have any drop-dead date to get going. Everything is unknown. We're just going Friday to Friday, awaiting the governor's announcements.”