trial run

However, when asked the next day if it felt like a trial run for a potential postseason pitching plan, Roberts emphatically shook his head, calling it a “catastrophic scenario.”

The partial opening is a trial run, following the last year's opening of the main hall and stairway.

In 2017, white supremacists were going to march through the town, a trial run for the deadly march that was to follow months later in Charlottesville.

"This year was a trial run to see if I enjoyed living in America. It wasn't just about me, it was about both us," he said, referring to his girlfriend Shannon Hartley.

That makes the tournament an important trial run.