How do you feel about baseball this year? (2 Viewers)

[JaxBill]

IMO, you have to cancel Marlins and Phillies games thru Wednesday at least and test them every day.

 

[JaxBill]

And I don't blame the Marlins for wanting to play. Athletes should always want to play.

But the choice shouldn't have been up to them. Manfred or somebody with league should have made that decision. 

 

[GroveDiesel]

This is not good for football. Didn't even last a weekend before a breakout 

The NFL is screwed. No way this is going to work.

 

[Angry Beavers]

DUH SAS TER.   Lets just assume, big assumption, that this is an isolated incident.... if you have four teams missing 3 games each.. that is 5% of the season.. you know somebody will get shafted relative to the playoffs by playing or not playing games that were scheduled.

As an aside, I don't see how baseball makes it another week or two.............

 

[culdeus]

IMO, you have to cancel Marlins and Phillies games thru Wednesday at least and test them every day.

It takes about 5 days post exposure to really feel safe, like at all, with a negative test.  The thing is that for those 5 days post exposure the virus isn't shedding much.

A hyper aggressive plan would be to mask up in the dugout and on the basepath where there is contact before the window expires.

 

[The Gator]

Just vote Miami off the island.  

Would anyone really notice if there was one less team?

 

[JaxBill]

It takes about 5 days post exposure to really feel safe, like at all, with a negative test.  The thing is that for those 5 days post exposure the virus isn't shedding much.

A hyper aggressive plan would be to mask up in the dugout and on the basepath where there is contact before the window expires.

Series began Friday.  The positive test results Sunday morning were from Saturday I believe. And they're only testing on alternate days so there's a chance someone was exposed during Friday's game.

 

[culdeus]

Series began Friday.  The positive test results Sunday morning were from Saturday I believe. And they're only testing on alternate days so there's a chance someone was exposed during Friday's game.

Ok, well in theory you'd need to wait to Friday to feel ok here if I follow.  

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Last team that can field 9 players win the World Series.

 

[Snoopy]

Last team that can field 9 players win the World Series.

plus the pitcher.

 

[Don Quixote]

Last team that can field 9 players win the World Series.

Where they face-off against the underdog story of a team with only 8 players remaining, whose scrappiness and perseverance charms the nation. From director John Sayles, who brought you Eight Men Out, this is “Eight Men In.”

 

[JaxBill]

LOL, Derek Jeter says everything was going well until they went on the road.  Dude, your guys most likely brought the South Beach Rona with you.

@TBTimes_Rays: From #Marlins: https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/1287775682207068160/photo/1

 

[AAABatteries]

Marlins couldn't just ruin baseball in South Florida - had to ruin it everywhere else too, huh?

 

[facook]

The worst part of this whole pandemic is when people call it "rona."

 

[AAABatteries]

The worst part of this whole pandemic is when people call it "rona."

Other than the 10s of thousands of people dying?

 

[Chemical X]

we should've just had MLBCV and MLB.  Teams field 1 team without CV in the MLB and 1 team with exposed players in the MLBCV.  Then we have the CoronaSeries. 

 

[Chemical X]

LOL, Derek Jeter says everything was going well until they went on the road.  Dude, your guys most likely brought the South Beach Rona with you.

@TBTimes_Rays: From #Marlins: https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/1287775682207068160/photo/1

Those Florida MLB players pull more tail than a slow kid at the petting zoo.  This was inevitable.

 

[Don't Toews Me]

https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/1287790872961187840

1/Forgive a string on MLB and a bubble(s). MLB was looking at Az, or Az/Fla or Az/Fla/Tex. All became COVID-19 epicenters. So do you just try to outrun where the virus is worst? Yes, NBA and NHL have better chances to succeed in bubbles. But they also play in arenas. Az was most

2/commonly mentioned site for a bubble. It will reach 116 degrees in Phx today. That is not uncommon. Just about every game in Az would have been outdoors. Some would have had to be played in daytime. As opposed to the NBA's biosphere in Disney, it still would have meant going

3/to and from multiple hotels with multiple teams sharing hotels. You avoid air travel but if there’s infection is spread potential worse if all teams are generally in 1 area? Don't misunderstand. Doing it the way MLB is (30 different home sites) might be impossible to pull off

4/as is being reiterated with the current #Marlins situation. For baseball, I am not sure there ever was an ideal choice if they were going to try and play, especially because the country has never gotten the virus under control. 1 team exec upon hearing about the 1st 4 positive

5/Marlins test yesterday told me that the level of perfection/discipline needed to pull this off for 3-plus months might just be impossible. I agree: It might just be.

 

[Chemical X]

https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/1287790872961187840

Many of these reasons is why i am down on the NFL this year.  No bubble, which is impossible obviously, but if this doesn't become a flag football league, how do we not have multiple clusters?  The players give me ZERO confidence of being able to stay out of trouble when things are great.  I don't believe these guys can avoid making bad choices off the field, its what they do.  Not 100% of them, but enough to infect the other choirboys.

 

[NREC34]

The worst part of this whole pandemic is when people call it "rona."

I always think of a dumb Vanilla Ice song when I hear this. He says roni in the song though. 

 

[Buffaloes]

Many of these reasons is why i am down on the NFL this year.  No bubble, which is impossible obviously, but if this doesn't become a flag football league, how do we not have multiple clusters?  The players give me ZERO confidence of being able to stay out of trouble when things are great.  I don't believe these guys can avoid making bad choices off the field, its what they do.  Not 100% of them, but enough to infect the other choirboys.

meh, it's okay. they aren't allowed to swap jerseys after the game.

 

[Gr00vus]

https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/1287790872961187840

For baseball, I am not sure there ever was an ideal choice if they were going to try and play, especially because the country has never gotten the virus under control. 1 team exec upon hearing about the 1st 4 positive

5/Marlins test yesterday told me that the level of perfection/discipline needed to pull this off for 3-plus months might just be impossible. I agree: It might just be.

It's not possible. They were kidding themselves from the start.

 

[Capella]

So we knew baseball would hunker down and pretend like this isn’t a big deal when it happened, and they didn’t disappoint, but what do they do next week when this happens again? Pressure to stop play will get to be enormous. 

 

[culdeus]

So we knew baseball would hunker down and pretend like this isn’t a big deal when it happened, and they didn’t disappoint, but what do they do next week when this happens again? Pressure to stop play will get to be enormous. 

Golf had some issues, people thought they would shut down, they just doubled down and nothing else happened.  Yet.

 

[shuke]

So we knew baseball would hunker down and pretend like this isn’t a big deal when it happened, and they didn’t disappoint, but what do they do next week when this happens again? Pressure to stop play will get to be enormous. 

I'm assuming much stricter protocols will be put into place.  But I doubt we get through 2 more weeks.

 

[snogger]

That decision by Canada to not allow the Blue Jay's to play at home is looking smarter by the day.

 

[Shutout]

I always think of a dumb Vanilla Ice song when I hear this. He says roni in the song though. 

I got that Knack song, My Sharona in my head ....My my my my my my.oooooh!  Much muh muh my Corona!

 

[Shutout]

So we knew baseball would hunker down and pretend like this isn’t a big deal when it happened, and they didn’t disappoint, but what do they do next week when this happens again? Pressure to stop play will get to be enormous. 

I kind of wonder if it goes some more like this, at what point do the players say "this isn't worth it.  I want to opt out".  Not in a group formally, but just enough here or there that changes the landscape of things.   

Does anyone know if they have that option or is that off the table once they said they would play?  

 

[JaxBill]

I think the A's have some of the best fan cutouts 

 

[JaxBill]

And I don't blame the Marlins for wanting to play. Athletes should always want to play.

But the choice shouldn't have been up to them. Manfred or somebody with league should have made that decision. 

@OldHossRadbourn: Am honestly surprised by the lengths Manfred will go to in order to rehabilitate Selig’s image.

 

[Don't Toews Me]

Many of these reasons is why i am down on the NFL this year.  No bubble, which is impossible obviously, but if this doesn't become a flag football league, how do we not have multiple clusters?  The players give me ZERO confidence of being able to stay out of trouble when things are great.  I don't believe these guys can avoid making bad choices off the field, its what they do.  Not 100% of them, but enough to infect the other choirboys.

Not to mention, you can't really cancel an NFL game without serious ramifications. No clue how the NFL will deal with a breakout of cases when it occurs. 

 

[ChiefD]

They have the best system: if "your" cutout gets hit by a foul ball, they'll mail it to you  

Royals are doing that also.

 

[Chemical X]

someone bought a cutout of chipper jones at citifield.

 

[-OZ-]

I kind of wonder if it goes some more like this, at what point do the players say "this isn't worth it.  I want to opt out".  Not in a group formally, but just enough here or there that changes the landscape of things.   

Does anyone know if they have that option or is that off the table once they said they would play?  

Looks like they have 7 days and it's irrevocable once they opt out. Nobody needs to announce officially they will play, so I don't know how that would be a factor.

All it's going to take is one or two big names to opt out and the flood gates will open. Imagine Brady, Watson, Mahomes, Arod, etc opting out. 

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told Tom Verducci of MLB Network on Monday that the Marlins could resume play in Baltimore on Wednesday.

The first two games of the scheduled four-game series between the Marlins and Orioles had already been postponed after Miami's roster got hit with a COVID-19 outbreak this weekend, and now the aim is to play at least some of them at Camden Yards instead of Marlins Park -- beginning Wednesday. That's pending another round of tests, though, and it's unclear whether the Maryland government might have a say in this.

SOURCE: MLB Network on Twitter

Jul 27, 2020, 6:22 PM ET

 

[The Gator]

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told Tom Verducci of MLB Network on Monday that the Marlins could resume play in Baltimore on Wednesday.

The first two games of the scheduled four-game series between the Marlins and Orioles had already been postponed after Miami's roster got hit with a COVID-19 outbreak this weekend, and now the aim is to play at least some of them at Camden Yards instead of Marlins Park -- beginning Wednesday. That's pending another round of tests, though, and it's unclear whether the Maryland government might have a say in this.

SOURCE: MLB Network on Twitter

Jul 27, 2020, 6:22 PM ET

What exactly are the quarantine requirements for MLB on a positive test?

Do any states (like Maryland in this case) have travel/quarantine restrictions with positive tests?

 

[Sputnikv8]

someone bought a cutout of chipper jones at citifield.

LAAAAARRRY.    LAAAAARRRYYY. 

 

[JaxBill]

@CBSPhilly: BREAKING: Tonight's @Phillies-@Yankees game has been postponed as some #Phillies are awaiting #COVID19 test results and four more #Marlins test positive, reports say

https://cbsloc.al/2ErRRlY

@JSalisburyNBCS: Can can confirm there were no new positive tests among Phillies players yesterday, as @Joelsherman1 said

Honestly Phils/Marlins shouldn't be playing until Friday at earliest.

 

[JaxBill]

@MattGelb: This applies to Phillies management, as well, according to sources. They were not informed by league of postponement before media reports. https://twitter.com/TheCUTCH22/status/1288121267409707008

 

[Capella]

I don’t know how they do it but they have to put the marlins on ice for a couple of weeks. Just call up the whole travel squad? What a competitive advantage for their opponents. 

 

[JaxBill]

I don’t know how they do it but they have to put the marlins on ice for a couple of weeks. Just call up the whole travel squad? What a competitive advantage for their opponents. 

I guess the questions I have are:

 how severe are the cases? Are they asymptomatic or are they getting knocked out by fever/weakness?

First positive was last Friday, has he tested negative yet? 

Does the league have a protocol for declaring player healthy again? (2 negative tests? 3 negative tests?)

 

[Gally]

I guess the questions I have are:

 how severe are the cases? Are they asymptomatic or are they getting knocked out by fever/weakness?

First positive was last Friday, has he tested negative yet? 

Does the league have a protocol for declaring player healthy again? (2 negative tests? 3 negative tests?)

I believe a player has to test negative on two consecutive tests taken at least a day apart.  So it cannot be one today and one tomorrow.  They have to skip a day. 

 

[Capella]

I guess the questions I have are:

 how severe are the cases? Are they asymptomatic or are they getting knocked out by fever/weakness?

First positive was last Friday, has he tested negative yet? 

Does the league have a protocol for declaring player healthy again? (2 negative tests? 3 negative tests?)

The problem is the virus can stay muted in your body for 5-7 days. They have no idea how far along these guys are. The nba put Lou Williams into a 10-day quarantine just for stepping into a strip club - and his test results are negative. Having any of these marlins play for the next two weeks is absolutely crazy if they are trying to finish a complete season. 

 

[Grahamburn]

How sick could they be?  Didn't they just mash all over the Phillies?

 

[Grahamburn]

I believe a player has to test negative on two consecutive tests taken at least a day apart.  So it cannot be one today and one tomorrow.  They have to skip a day. 

If those are the parameters expect positive cases to be out a while.  Some people who have been feeling fine for weeks after recovering continue to test positive up to two months later.

 

[Parrothead]

How sick could they be?  Didn't they just mash all over the Phillies?

Mashing the Phillies has been added to the list of symptoms for Coronavirus

Made me feel ill as well :X

 

[JaxBill]

@Ken_Rosenthal: In team vote, vast majority of Nationals players voted against going to Miami for three-game series this weekend, sources tell The Athletic. Decision will rest with MLB.

 

[JaxBill]

Best part is there's a possible tropical storm in Miami Sat/Sun. Marlins Park has a roof but imagine flying down to a Covid Hotspot,  playing 3 games vs plague infested  Marlins and your flight home getting grounded by weather.

 

[Capella]

Best part is there's a possible tropical storm in Miami Sat/Sun. Marlins Park has a roof but imagine flying down to a Covid Hotspot,  playing 3 games vs plague infested  Marlins and your flight home getting grounded by weather.

Amazing 

 

[nirad3]

I give it a week, maybe 10 days before they call it off.