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G-Fafif Jul 27 2020 07:14 AM

Ken Rosenthal reports tonight's Marlins-Orioles game in Miami is cancelled following the COVID outbreak among 4 Marlin players. Team still in Philadelphia.

G-Fafif Jul 27 2020 07:17 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

Bob Nightengale reports "as many as" 12 players/coaches on MIA have tested positive "in recent days".

nymr83 Jul 27 2020 07:25 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

Well, it was fun for about 1 game and 8 innings. peace out 2020 baseball!

Johnny Lunchbucket Jul 27 2020 07:27 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

yup, I think that may do it. Only a matter of time before the Phillies come down with it

Lefty Specialist Jul 27 2020 07:30 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

Ruh-ro.

G-Fafif Jul 27 2020 07:31 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

14 positive Marlin tests in "recent days," per ESPN. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29546814/sources-marlins-cancel-game-virus-spreads MFYs due next in Citizens Bank Park visitors clubhouse.

kcmets Jul 27 2020 07:40 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

Close up shop, 2021 is another year...

Benjamin Grimm Jul 27 2020 07:50 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

They really should not have let them play games in Florida.

MFS62 Jul 27 2020 07:56 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

I blame Derek Jeter. Later

nymr83 Jul 27 2020 08:01 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

=MFS62 post_id=41824 time=1595858171 user_id=60] I blame Derek Jeter. Later

do you think he was handing out gift baskets without a mask?

stevejrogers Jul 27 2020 08:23 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

=nymr83 post_id=41817 time=1595856329 user_id=54] Well, it was fun for about 1 game and 8 innings. peace out 2020 baseball!

At least the season gets canceled as the Mets are shitting the bed, as opposed to in the midst of a hot streak!

Benjamin Grimm Jul 27 2020 08:36 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

Benjamin Grimm wrote: They really should not have let them play games in Florida. I just realized that they haven't played any official games in Miami yet; the Marlins games played so far have been in Philadelphia. I guess I should have said that they also shouldn't have let the Marlins or Rays hold their summer camps in Florida.

Frayed Knot Jul 27 2020 08:48 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

And now the Yanx game in Philly is off tonight.

Frayed Knot Jul 27 2020 08:55 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: They really should not have let them play games in Florida. I just realized that they haven't played any official games in Miami yet; the Marlins games played so far have been in Philadelphia. I guess I should have said that they also shouldn't have let the Marlins or Rays hold their summer camps in Florida. Let's face it, they never should have admitted any teams into the league from Florida. It just brings too many Floridians into the mix and you never want that.

TransMonk Jul 27 2020 09:05 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

This whole experiment was tenuous at best. I didn't think it would happen so quickly, but this situation seemed inevitable. I really hope MLB has the balls to cut bait once it becomes obvious that playing this season is going to be even MORE of a clusterfuck. But I have a feeling they will continue to wring every game out of this no matter how much of an embarrassing struggle it becomes. The NFL is watching and hopefully taking notes.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 27 2020 09:05 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

Frayed Knot wrote: And now the Yanx game in Philly is off tonight. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Mets season ends after this series in Boston. Maybe even before that. The dominoes are starting to fall.

A Boy Named Seo Jul 27 2020 09:14 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

Good things if the season got cancelled: -Another year of Cano's contract is now behind us -The Rick Porcello era is over -The Pete Alonso second year regression is only "rumored" -Edwin Diaz doesn't really suck again -Jed Lowrie. There's sadly nothing positive I can say about Jed Lowrie.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jul 27 2020 09:24 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

You figure if the honchos don't call it quits more players will

Lefty Specialist Jul 27 2020 09:26 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: And now the Yanx game in Philly is off tonight. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Mets season ends after this series in Boston. Maybe even before that. The dominoes are starting to fall. I didn't think they'd finish the season, but I didn't think it'd all come apart so fast.

LWFS Jul 27 2020 09:38 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

A Boy Named Seo wrote: -Jed Lowrie. There's sadly nothing positive I can say about Jed Lowrie. Full season of rest! Yeah, I was thinking we'd get, like, a week in before all this.

whippoorwill Jul 27 2020 09:41 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

I hope school boards are taking notice

batmagadanleadoff Jul 27 2020 09:45 AM Re: COVID Cancellation Edited 3 time(s), most recently on Jul 27 2020 09:49 AM

Lefty Specialist wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: And now the Yanx game in Philly is off tonight. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Mets season ends after this series in Boston. Maybe even before that. The dominoes are starting to fall. I didn't think they'd finish the season, but I didn't think it'd all come apart so fast. I gave it three weeks, tops. What I saw during an exhibition game was, I thought, a horror show. Plus, from what I've been reading, I'm skeptical that the players are strictly social distancing in the lockers and off the fields. They cant help themselves. The players are young and in top health. They've been superstars their whole lives, with their .750 high school batting averages and being bigger than their peers since grade school. They probably think they're Superman. Did youse see the way the Mets mobbed each other after Cespedes's HR?

G-Fafif Jul 27 2020 09:46 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1287767407092801541?s=19

nymr83 Jul 27 2020 09:57 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1287767407092801541?s=19 How has this changed from before covid?

stevejrogers Jul 27 2020 09:59 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

I'm reading rumors the Mets might get quarantined because the Marlins played the Braves last week.

A Boy Named Seo Jul 27 2020 10:00 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

I hope they change VORP to VORM. There could be a team of literal replacement Marlins to change baseball stats forever.

nymr83 Jul 27 2020 10:19 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

=stevejrogers post_id=41845 time=1595865572 user_id=57] I'm reading rumors the Mets might get quarantined because the Marlins played the Braves last week.

at that point you should just call off the season, right?

TransMonk Jul 27 2020 10:33 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

Yes.

A Boy Named Seo Jul 27 2020 10:45 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

Sports where travel is required just doesn't make any damn sense during a pandemic. The MLS still had two teams drop out of their tournament and it all took place in a hub city. All credit to the NWSL! First American sport back and they did a full tournament with no positive tests. The women nailed it.

nymr83 Jul 27 2020 10:53 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

NBA should be able to pull it off - except of course when people are cleared to leave the bubble for a funeral and they go to a strip club. oops.

nymr83 Jul 27 2020 10:54 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

maybe MLB should invite the 100 best players to a complete 'bubble' environment and have them play exhibition games for the rest of the summer.

ashie62 Jul 27 2020 11:51 AM Season in Peril

[url]https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/marlins-orioles-game-postponed-due-to-covid-19-outbreak-resulting-in-at-least-11-player-cases/ Marlins are down, as are Baltimore, the Phillies and Yankees for now 2 postponments today

kcmets Jul 27 2020 11:53 AM Re: Season in Peril

http://www.thecranepool.net/phpBB32/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=29544

Johnny Lunchbucket Jul 27 2020 12:02 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Thanks for reading the Crane Pool Forum!

Lefty Specialist Jul 27 2020 03:30 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

So how exactly are college football and the NFL going to work? Offensive and defensive lines have to stay 6 feet apart? If a non-contact sport like baseball can't pull it off.....

Benjamin Grimm Jul 27 2020 03:36 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

I doubt that the disease is spreading on the field, although it might be. It's more likely happening in airports and restaurants and night clubs and other places.

ashie62 Jul 27 2020 03:51 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

White Sox manager Renteria will not manage tonight. He woke up ill and has been tested The White Sox may be "on the bubble"

batmagadanleadoff Jul 27 2020 04:33 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Every sport has a coronavirus plan. MLB's lasted four days. By Thomas Boswell Columnist July 27, 2020 at 4:44 p.m. EDT The title of this piece reminds me of the line Mike Tyson, in his prime, had about his opponents: "Every one of my opponents has a plan. Until they get punched in the face". Excerpt: Cancel the MLB year, maybe by the end of this week. Forget about the NFL season; it's never going to happen. The idea of attempting a college football season — putting amateur athletes at risk — is obscenely unthinkable. Within days or a couple of weeks, we also may find out just how feasible it is for the NBA, in its Florida bubble, or the NHL, playing in two hub cities in Canada, to finish truncated seasons and crown champions. Sure, none of that is certain, but Monday morning's news that at least 14 members of the Miami Marlins and their staff have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in recent days was a Category 5 covid-19 hurricane alert. You couldn't have a worse MLB start or a grimmer predictor for other games. With lots of inherent social distancing, baseball was supposed to be the easiest major American team sport to resume, just as leagues in Japan and South Korea have functioned smoothly for months. But MLB couldn't go even a week without the serious prospect that its 60-game season should be canceled. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/07/27/every-sport-has-coronavirus-plan-mlbs-lasted-four-days/

batmagadanleadoff Jul 27 2020 04:41 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I doubt that the disease is spreading on the field, although it might be. It's more likely happening in airports and restaurants and night clubs and other places. It's probably a combination of both. Young, socially popular athletes, single and with lotsa money going out and getting infected. Then bringing the virus back to their teammates and opponents, spreading it on the field, in the clubhouse, on the plane/bus and at the hotel.

nymr83 Jul 27 2020 08:47 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I doubt that the disease is spreading on the field, although it might be. It's more likely happening in airports and restaurants and night clubs and other places. and the clubhouse, where players take it less seriously away from cameras

nymr83 Jul 27 2020 08:48 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

The idea of attempting a college football season — putting amateur athletes at risk — is obscenely unthinkable. a college football season would indeed be outrageous.

Frayed Knot Jul 27 2020 09:04 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Just the whole idea of colleges saying that it's NOT safe for regular students to come back to campus but it's mandatory for football players to do so is too outrageous for words. On the other hand, the college Presidents and the like have very little control over the football teams that their universities sponsor so I could see it happening and it's not like the players have much in the way of power to prevent it. On the flip side, it's never crossed my mind that the NFL wouldn't play. - no sport has more of a history of 'the show must go on'. They played a full slate less than 48 hours after the death of JFK even as the entire country shut down. When the players went on strike in the '80s the NFL was back 12 days later with players they found off the streets and called them real games. - no sport is less dependent on a live gate. They already pretty much don't give a shit about paying customers so as long as they have their TV money they'll be fat and happy - and, let's face it, pro players might have more power to demand safety from the owners but no union has shown less ability to come to a consensus and make it stick. Plus it's not like the players don't already put their health at risk every week. A virus?!!?, Hell, that's about 15th on the list of of concerns which starts with brain deterioration and goes through the prospect of being in pain and limping for the rest of your life.

Edgy MD Jul 27 2020 09:23 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1287767407092801541?s=19 How has this changed from before covid? I hope, if the season gets cancelled, this five-finger death punch of a post still gets to count.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 28 2020 11:20 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

Inside the Phillies' evolving response to the Marlins outbreak Excerpt: In the minutes preceding Sunday's game at Citizens Bank Park, a few people in the Phillies dugout glanced across the field and had a sobering thought. It became a conversation, albeit a cursory one in the moment because there was baseball to play. Should we even be here? They wondered about it. They knew something was wrong, just from the information relayed by the Marlins that morning. But some perceptive Phillies had been alarmed all weekend by how the Marlins had appeared to not stagger their arrivals and workouts and how few people in the Marlins dugout were wearing masks. https://theathletic.com/1955394/2020/07/27/inside-the-phillies-evolving-response-after-the-marlins-outbreak/

Benjamin Grimm Jul 28 2020 12:36 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Well, apparently MLB plans to soldier on, at least for now. I haven't seen very much about makeup games. The Marlins could, in theory, play two doubleheaders against the Orioles in Baltimore on Wednesday and Thursday, and the Yankees and Phillies can do the same in the Bronx. But I'm getting the sense that that's not going to happen. There's really no room in the schedule to make up these games. Assuming the season completes, I suppose the Yankees, Phillies, Marlins, and Orioles will be ranked in the standings with 58 games played instead of 60. This is also assuming that these are the only four games that will be canceled, which doesn't seem at all likely. I can easily see a scenario where the season ends with a wide disparity of games played among the 30 teams, and also among the 16 playoff teams. And we'll just have to accept that this is the way it is in this unorthodox season.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 28 2020 12:42 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

The Daily News is reporting that four more Marlins have COVID as of today, and that the Nationals players have voted against going to Miami for their upcoming weekend series. https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/ny-marlins-coronavirus-20200728-f6mvwcygczdvtkuuxa24fdlhy4-story.html

LWFS Jul 28 2020 01:00 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Funny. Those living in states/localities where directives have been vague or nonexistent may be acting less responsibly than those living in, say, NY or NJ. Go FUCKING figure.

nymr83 Jul 28 2020 01:16 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Well, apparently MLB plans to soldier on, at least for now. I haven't seen very much about makeup games. The Marlins could, in theory, play two doubleheaders against the Orioles in Baltimore on Wednesday and Thursday, and the Yankees and Phillies can do the same in the Bronx. But I'm getting the sense that that's not going to happen. There's really no room in the schedule to make up these games. Assuming the season completes, I suppose the Yankees, Phillies, Marlins, and Orioles will be ranked in the standings with 58 games played instead of 60. This is also assuming that these are the only four games that will be canceled, which doesn't seem at all likely. I can easily see a scenario where the season ends with a wide disparity of games played among the 30 teams, and also among the 16 playoff teams. And we'll just have to accept that this is the way it is in this unorthodox season. In other words, we will push forward in whatever fashion necessary to get to those national television playoff TV contract dollars.

kcmets Jul 28 2020 01:30 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

[QUOTE="Ficticious Person in the Know Speaking on the Condition of Anonimty"]We're going to plow ahead until such time a player or two expire due to failing organs or whatnot and then consider our next best course of action.[/QUOTE]

Lefty Specialist Jul 28 2020 01:49 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Not a few people have said, 'what if it was 15 players on the Yankees or Dodgers?' Would you shut the season down? The Marlins are almost expendable.

nymr83 Jul 28 2020 02:18 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

The Marlins are only necessary to give the good teams someone to beat up on. They could hire the Long Island Ducks to fulfill the same role in a pinch. its like the non-name colleges that all the good schools schedule their home opener against.

Chad ochoseis Jul 28 2020 02:22 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Aaaand...the Marlins have "paused their season", meaning that they're still in the 2020 hunt in much the same way that Amy Klobuchar is still in the running for the Democratic nomination. [url]https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2020/07/28/miami-marlins-season-now-paused-mlb-and-other-teams-scrambling-to-figure-out-schedule/?fbclid=IwAR2RdYhyIEjp-zbz4AX2K0yZtRXGDQP0JgAexiyiLEPp7tvNVyDmlyF_1sM

Frayed Knot Jul 28 2020 02:41 PM Re: COVID Cancellation Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jul 28 2020 02:46 PM

Well what's going to happen for the immediate future is that the Marlins won't play through (at least) Sunday, and while the Phillies have all passed their first round of Covid tests (all negative) they still need to be tested further, so the Yanx, idled due to the Phillies being on hold, are going to play the Orioles on Wednesday and Thursday since the O's are suddenly free from their 2/2 home/home series w/the Marlins. Yanx & O's weren't scheduled to play each other this week but of course they would at some point so this creates a couple of open dates later in the schedule for make-up possibilities. Perhaps the Phils & Nats will do the same this weekend if the Phightins' get a green light. The regional schedule and the closeness of all these northeast teams certainly makes last minute adjustments like this easier. Meanwhile, Andrew Cuomo is saying C'mon up to New York y'all and play all your games here. It won't happen of course as a "bubble" set up was the first thing the player's assoc rejected, but it allows him to brag about his 'lowest rates in the nation' status.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 28 2020 02:44 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Joel Sherman wrote: Heard MLB would like to get 60-game season in for all teams, but not wedded to it. If some teams play 58, 56, 55, etc, winning pct would determine playoff spots. There's really no other alternative. It wouldn't be nearly the worst decision that has been made about the 2020 season. They're also talking about the Yankees and Orioles playing each other instead of the Phillies and Marlins, respectively. This actually makes a lot of sense. The teams that aren't directly impacted might as well get games in while they can. The future dates when the Yankees would have played the Orioles might then be used to have them get in the games with the Phillies and Marlins. (Easier said than done, of course, because that would impact whoever the Phillies and Marlins would have been playing on those dates.) This is all insane. It would actually be kind of fun if not for the annoying fact that people's lives and health are at risk.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 28 2020 02:49 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Frayed Knot wrote: Meanwhile, Andrew Cuomo is saying C'mon up to New York y'all and play all your games here. It won't happen of course as a "bubble" set up was the first thing the player's assoc rejected. And the proposed "bubbles" were in Florida and Arizona (and Texas), states where the disease is thriving. According to some reports, the commissioner has the ability to change venues as necessary, so he may be able to impose a limited bubble for the Eastern Division teams. There's no need (at present) to move the Orioles or Nationals or Red Sox or Blue Jays or Mets or Yankees or Phillies, but he should definitely be considering moving the Rays and maybe the Braves if he can. And the Marlins too, if they still exist.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jul 28 2020 04:14 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Seems like the Marlins always have a way to wreck just about everything.

Frayed Knot Jul 28 2020 05:02 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Meanwhile, Andrew Cuomo is saying C'mon up to New York y'all and play all your games here. It won't happen of course as a "bubble" set up was the first thing the player's assoc rejected. And the proposed "bubbles" were in Florida and Arizona (and Texas), states where the disease is thriving. Right, although those were also the proposed spring time bubbles when both the Covid and weather situations in the south were vastly superior to those of New York By now both things have reversed themselves as the virus is the one who will continue to dictate terms. Or it'll all go away in April when it gets warm ... or when we start gargling bleach and injecting fertilizer (or whatever Tweetopotamus was suggesting back then).

whippoorwill Jul 28 2020 05:14 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

In all honesty, I thought COVID would disappear when the weather got warm And we could all go outside Honestly I'm worried

Frayed Knot Jul 29 2020 05:21 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

Yanx are busy congratulating themselves to anyone who'll listen for their own braveness in the face of the Covd crisis and the "powerful statement" they made by agreeing to go to Baltimore for the next two days even though they weren't originally scheduled to do so. Apparently there's no truth to the rumor that SS Gleyber Torres stuffed the ballot box with 'Yes' votes given that 13 of his 38 HRs in 2019 came vs the O's. I doubt he even had to vote more than once though, mainly because his teammates were too busy doing it themselves. The Yanx finished 2019 17-2 against the Orioles and carried a team OPS of over 1000; in Camden it was a cool 1123. I think a team poll that they'd eventually have to leave Baltimore would be the vote more likely to fail.

G-Fafif Jul 30 2020 01:00 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

No Phillies hosting the wandering Blue Jays this weekend. No nothin' at Citizens Bank Park. https://twitter.com/jaysonst/status/1288875149555634176?s=21

Edgy MD Jul 30 2020 01:13 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Derek Jeter should be forced to play for the Marlins. Sheesh, could you imagine how quickly the plug would be pulled if all owners and execs were expected to dress for the games with the players?

Benjamin Grimm Jul 30 2020 01:27 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Let's enjoy each game that gets played as much as we can.

nymr83 Jul 30 2020 02:29 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Edgy MD wrote: Derek Jeter should be forced to play for the Marlins. Sheesh, could you imagine how quickly the plug would be pulled if all owners and execs were expected to dress for the games with the players? Given their relative ages they could all opt out as 'high risk', except Jeter. Jeter should be out there with the team boosting morale, inspiring greatness, handing out gift baskets, and social-distancing from ground-balls in the hole as he did during his playing career.

MFS62 Jul 30 2020 03:29 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

=nymr83 post_id=42216 time=1596140971 user_id=54] Given their relative ages they could all opt out as 'high risk', except Jeter. Jeter should be out there with the team boosting morale, inspiring greatness, handing out gift baskets, and social-distancing from ground-balls in the hole as he did during his playing career.

That was beautiful.

I'm fahklempt.



Later

G-Fafif Jul 31 2020 09:08 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

Two Cardinals have tested positive. Their game at Milwaukee is postponed. Also another positive test from the Marlins.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 31 2020 09:38 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

How long before we run out of Marlins? It's going to be REALLY hard to complete this season.

G-Fafif Jul 31 2020 09:42 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

Didn't see this precise scenario in the predictions thread. https://twitter.com/jesserogersespn/status/1289211586389794817?s=21 Also, Cards-Brewers still scheduled for Saturday, then a newfangled doubleheader on Sunday.

LWFS Jul 31 2020 12:18 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

I mean, this is sorta fun. Just, like, with a higher superdark-logistics-puzzle-fun quotient than I expected.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 31 2020 12:32 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

I know what you mean. The fun is definitely lessened by the fact that it's propelled by a deadly disease, which is a bummer. But the utter craziness of the season is fascinating. We'll (hopefully) never see anything like this again. If they manage to find a way to keep playing through October, there are any number of nutty surprises ahead.

TransMonk Jul 31 2020 02:07 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Honesty, I watched the first and second Mets games, but tuned out after that. I can't justify spending time and energy on a season that seems due to fail. It's bordering on embarrassing that they continue to think this has a chance of getting to October.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 31 2020 02:38 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

I agree that the season seems doomed, but I'm taking an opposite approach. Most Mets seasons don't end with a trip to the playoffs anyway, so I might as well enjoy each game on its own merits. And I have plenty of time to waste! My wife is gone, my girlfriend is (for the duration) socially distant as is everyone else except for my kids, who although still living with me are young adults and don't put many demands on my time at all. I'll cherish each game as if it was the last, because each one very well might be.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 31 2020 03:49 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred told MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark on Friday that if the sport doesn't do a better job of managing the coronavirus, it could shut down for the season, sources familiar with the conversation told ESPN. According to the article, the shutdown may come as soon as Monday. State and local governments have pressured baseball about players skirting the mandates outlined in the league's 113-page operations manual, sources told ESPN. Broadcasts that have shown players high-fiving, spitting and not wearing masks have left government officials wondering how seriously players are taking the protocols, sources said. Further, there is concern about off-the-field choices, with one high-ranking official saying: "There are some bad decisions being made." https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29572885/sources-mlb-commissioner-warns-shutdown-players-do-better-job-managing-coronavirus

dgwphotography Jul 31 2020 04:27 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

=TransMonk post_id=42337 time=1596226024 user_id=71] Honesty, I watched the first and second Mets games, but tuned out after that. I can't justify spending time and energy on a season that seems due to fail. It's bordering on embarrassing that they continue to think this has a chance of getting to October.

This is basically where I am with this.

Lefty Specialist Jul 31 2020 05:51 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

I tried not to get too invested because I didn't even think they'd start. The Mets look fairly bad but I still find myself watching. I'll be pissed if MLB screws this up but I think it's inevitable at this point.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 31 2020 06:25 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Even if it's just a ten-game season, I'll be glad to have had it.

Edgy MD Jul 31 2020 07:24 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I agree that the season seems doomed, but I'm taking an opposite approach. Most Mets seasons don't end with a trip to the playoffs anyway, so I might as well enjoy each game on its own merits. This is the igloo I'm living in. To heck with the post-season. Win the day, precious and few as our days may be.

G-Fafif Aug 01 2020 10:56 AM Re: COVID Cancellation Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 01 2020 04:44 PM

Tonight's Cardinal game (4 more positive tests; 1 player, 3 staff) has been posted. Doubleheader vs Brewers still scheduled.

G-Fafif Aug 01 2020 11:02 AM Re: COVID Cancellation

Mon MFY-PHI ppd.

LWFS Aug 01 2020 03:34 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

All of this is just dumb. If we want to be entertained, we should go to a pop-up drive in. Or read. Or go the ball-and-a-cup route.

G-Fafif Aug 01 2020 04:43 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

And the makeup STL-MIL doubleheader tomorrow ain't happening either.

Lefty Specialist Aug 01 2020 04:45 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

And on and on we go. Joel Sherman @Joelsherman1 · Can confirm that tomorrow's #STLCards #Brewers doubleheader also has been postponed.

Lefty Specialist Aug 01 2020 04:48 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Another team comes down with a cluster and that might be the tipping point. Especially if it's an AL team. The schedule gets too hard to put back together.

kcmets Aug 01 2020 04:57 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

They'll pull the plug Monday morning.

Edgy MD Aug 01 2020 05:02 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Yeah, MLB thinks of the Cards as, like, real players https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rp-iKuQFwlg/XFHBNHhiYuI/AAAAAAABWlA/O0VzByQPkTQtnMiHxxjE50yWwxo3DEZNgCLcBGAs/s1600/tom%2Bplug.gif>

ashie62 Aug 01 2020 05:04 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Manfred is about the interweb being as optimistic as possible Baseball has provided me a well needed distraction and fun

Frayed Knot Aug 01 2020 05:40 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Manfred has also warned the union, via Tony Clark, that the players need to follow protocol including when the game is NOT going on. Or, as Angie Dundee once said to Sugar Ray Leonard when he thought his fighter was taking things for granted, 'You're blowin' it kid'

Benjamin Grimm Aug 01 2020 05:58 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

I'm not at all surprised that many players are not taking this seriously. They're a cross-section of America, after all, and they're young and think they're invulnerable. During one of the ESPN telecasts opening weekend, they talked to someone (forget who, but he was a Mets fan with a Strawberry jersey hanging on his wall) who was familiar with Korean baseball and he discussed the peer pressure that players feel to not screw this up. In South Korea even one positive test result would lead to the entire league being suspended for two weeks.

Frayed Knot Aug 01 2020 06:17 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

I think Korea, and really much of east Asia in general, tend to be less individualistic societies. The whole idea of not wanting to screw up because it might embarrass your family/friends/team/company/hometown leads to less boat-rocking and a lot more line-toeing.

G-Fafif Aug 01 2020 06:39 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

From Yahoo! New Phillies-Yankees schedule The Phillies and the New York Yankees, who saw their four-game home-and-home series from July 27-30 postponed, will make up those games from Aug. 3-6. There will be two games in the Bronx on Aug. 3 and 4, followed by two games in Philadelphia on Aug. 5 and 6. The game the Yankees were scheduled to play against the Tampa Bay Rays on Aug. 6, which is being displaced by their final game against the Phillies, will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Aug. 8. Their originally scheduled Aug. 5 game against the Baltimore Orioles will be made up at a date to be determined. New Marlins-Orioles schedule The Marlins and Orioles were supposed to play a four-game home-and-home schedule from July 27-30, but it's been both rescheduled and reimagined. All four games will be played in Baltimore from Aug. 4-6, with the Marlins serving as the home team for two games. One day will feature a doubleheader. The games between the Marlins and Phillies, which were supposed to be played from Aug. 4-6, will be made up on dates to be determined.

nymr83 Aug 01 2020 07:57 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Until covid screws all that up. Best you can do at this point is cancel whiever is infected amd if two teams are cancelled let their opponents play instead, the heck with balancing schedule

G-Fafif Aug 02 2020 02:21 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1290011283387895809?s=21

ashie62 Aug 03 2020 02:52 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

13 Cardinals test positive. Six are coaches

Benjamin Grimm Aug 03 2020 03:05 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Jon Heyman wrote: At least a couple Cardinals did go to a Casino, as @TheRealJHair 1st suggested. MLB has since tightened its rule on leaving the team hotel from very strongly discouraged to not allowed. Cards Covid count going into today: 3 players, 4 staff Staying in the hotel shouldn't be that hard. I'm sure they're not staying in a Motel 6 or a Red Roof Inn.

Fman99 Aug 03 2020 06:36 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Rumor is that the Marlins' outbreak was induced by a trip that several players took to a night club. So, it turns out, MLB players are actually stupid. Who knew

Frayed Knot Aug 03 2020 07:08 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Jeter is denying that rumor ... but, then again, he has a vested interest in having that idea squelched.

nymr83 Aug 03 2020 07:20 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

=Fman99 post_id=42736 time=1596501382 user_id=86] Rumor is that the Marlins' outbreak was induced by a trip that several players took to a night club. So, it turns out, MLB players are actually stupid. Who knew

So, the protocols are largely working for the people who are actually following them?

G-Fafif Aug 03 2020 07:52 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

The Field of Dreams game Between STL and CHW will occur only in the imagine...and possibly next year. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-cancels-cardinals-white-sox-2020-field-of-dreams-game-in-iowa-per-reports/

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2020 01:06 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

=nymr83 post_id=42753 time=1596504020 user_id=54] =Fman99 post_id=42736 time=1596501382 user_id=86] Rumor is that the Marlins' outbreak was induced by a trip that several players took to a night club. So, it turns out, MLB players are actually stupid. Who knew

So, the protocols are largely working for the people who are actually following them?


Whoda thunk it?!





Yadier Molina outed as one of the Cardinals recently testing positive for Corona Virus ... which is odd since I though neck tattoos were listed as one of the sure-fire preventatives against Covid.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 04 2020 01:24 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

He may have gone a few days without drinking his bleach.

whippoorwill Aug 04 2020 02:17 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

=Fman99 post_id=42736 time=1596501382 user_id=86] Rumor is that the Marlins' outbreak was induced by a trip that several players took to a night club. So, it turns out, MLB players are actually stupid. Who knew

I guess when you got that itch to go dancin' you gotta go do it

Lefty Specialist Aug 04 2020 02:56 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

Well, don't worry, it'll all go away when the warm weather comes, right?

G-Fafif Aug 08 2020 10:41 PM Re: COVID Cancellation

https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1292284773487063040?s=21