MLB Suspending All Operations

[seawolf17]

Dum säkerhet.

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Stockholmskontoret har meddelat att den fräcka säkerhetsvakten har testat antagande positivt för coronavirus, och som ett resultat kommer kontoret att saneras under helgen. Anställda som har förmågan att arbeta hemifrån uppmuntras att göra det. Maja, som alltid håller mer än sex meter från den freaky säkerhetsvakten, har beslutat att själv karantän ändå. Det förväntas också att det kommer att finnas färre Mets-relaterade tabloidomslag 2020, och att det sjätte årliga Tabloid Cover Derby troligen kommer att förkortas.

You had me at Stockholmskonteret

[Frayed Knot]

NY Post (Sherman*): "The Commissioners Office and Players Association agreed Friday to close all spring training sites and ask players to return home, a joint decision that strongly suggests that

MLB's absence will be marked by months not weeks."



https://nypost.com/2020/03/13/mlb-shutters-spring-training-among-coronavirus-reactions/https://nypost.com/2020/03/13/mlb-shutters-spring-training-among-coronavirus-reactions/











* Ceetar: "He's a hack"

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: NY Post (Sherman*): "The Commissioners Office and Players Association agreed Friday to close all spring training sites and ask players to return home, a joint decision that strongly suggests that MLB's absence will be marked by months not weeks." https://nypost.com/2020/03/13/mlb-shutters-spring-training-among-coronavirus-reactions/https://nypost.com/2020/03/13/mlb-shutters-spring-training-among-coronavirus-reactions/ * Ceetar: "He's a hack"

Of course, the MFYs have volunteered to stay in Tampa and work out on their own.(as heard on WCBS radio this evening)

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Gatherings of 50 or more people should be canceled or postponed for the next eight weeks in order to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, according to new guidance from the US Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention. “This recommendation is made in an attempt to reduce introduction of the virus into new communities and to slow the spread of infection in communities already affected by

the virus,” the agency said.





Now this sounds like nothing more than a suggestion at this point and will shirley be subject to review as conditions change. But even if it remains nothing more than a recommendation, it'll be tough for a

big and public operation like MLB to just openly say; 'Yeah, we're not listening to you', and eight weeks would put us in the area of mid-May.

[Edgy MD]

Fifty or more people?



Damn, this wouldn't have been a problem for the Mets in 1979.

[ashie62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Gatherings of 50 or more people should be canceled or postponed for the next eight weeks in order to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, according to new guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “This recommendation is made in an attempt to reduce introduction of the virus into new communities and to slow the spread of infection in communities already affected by the virus,” the agency said. Now this sounds like nothing more than a suggestion at this point and will shirley be subject to review as conditions change. But even if it remains nothing more than a recommendation, it'll be tough for a big and public operation like MLB to just openly say; 'Yeah, we're not listening to you', and eight weeks would put us in the area of mid-May.

2021 Spring training is the next possible next port of call for MLB



Getting it together in 8 weeks to play ball is a fantasy at this point

[ashie62]

Wouldn't it stand to reason a couple of teams may not be able to handle the financial hit?



Players still get paid I guess while MLB will possibly lose in the billions. Hoping for the best



Just sayin...

[batmagadanleadoff]

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Wouldn't it stand to reason a couple of teams may not be able to handle the financial hit?



Players still get paid I guess while MLB will possibly lose in the billions. Hoping for the best



Just sayin...

[Willets Point]

Edgy MD wrote: Fifty or more people? Damn, this wouldn't have been a problem for the Mets in 1979.

24 players per team plus coaches? Maybe not.

[Frayed Knot]

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2021 Spring training is the next possible next port of call for MLB

[ashie62]

I sure hope so. The economy may be so flattened that the economics of baseball will look wildly different



Like, who the eff can afford tickets in many markets?

[Frayed Knot]

Officially now no earlier than mid-May



From mlb.com

On Monday, Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr. conducted a conference call with the 30 Clubs of Major League Baseball. Following last night's newly updated recommendations from the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC) restricting events of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks, the opening of the 2020 regular season will be pushed back in accordance with that guidance.

MLB will keep fans updated on decisions regarding plans for the 2020 schedule in the days and weeks ahead. The Clubs remain committed to playing as many games as possible when the season begins. We will

continue to monitor ongoing events and undertake the precautions and best practices recommended by public health experts, and urge all baseball fans to follow suit. MLB extends its best wishes to all the

individuals and communities who have been impacted by the coronavirus.

[Edgy MD]

Will the clubs be training together?



Are the clubs currently training together?



It would be kind of goofy if the seasons open with regular season games played in spring training style, with 40-man rosters and short pitch counts and a parade of one-inning relievers and universal DH-ing and floating taxi squads for road trips and shit. But I guess that's possible.

[Frayed Knot]

Will the clubs be training together? -- Probably at some point



Are the clubs currently training together? -- Nope.



It would be kind of goofy if the seasons open with regular season games played in spring training style ... -- Likely to be some changes (28 man rosters for a time?) but, now that everyone was mostly

ramped up it's not like the players are going to use this off time to go back to their off-season job of selling men's suits like in the old days. Pitchers can throw on their own and most everyone has access

to a batting cage and/or live arms. Maybe two weeks together starting in early May and it should be no problem.

[G-Fafif]

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