Arena The Major League Baseball Thread

In the two subsequent losses, they’ve only scored 5-runs.



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but i think they are leading the league in attendance. i saw 1 person sitting at field level

 

Welp, it was a nice season while it lasted... maybe Jeter will send everyone a nice gift basket...

 

You know, I really don't want to start pointing fingers around; but it does seem strange that a huge outbreak like this could happen to a single team.

Marlins-Orioles game canceled due to COVID-19 outbreak resulting in at least 14 cases, per reports

 

Not being a sarcastic ass here, but are you aware of how the virus transmits and how outbreaks happen?

A group of people who spend a large amount of time together, some of it in fairly close contact ... that's exactly how an outbreak would happen, and it makes more sense to happen to a single team than strung out among several teams. This is why the NBA Bubble works where the MLB travel to home stadiums (that are empty) doesn't work as well. The NBA is able to control a lot more variables (though, apparently, not players going to Strip Clubs), while MLB is able to control ... very, very little. This type of outbreak was almost inevitable, given the MLB plan.

But, don't worry. The virus will be gone "soon"

 

Doesn't explain how while most teams might have one or two players tops testing positive; and Miami had nearly a quarter of their entire roster testing positive. The bottom line is this is the first time such a significant outbreak has occurred across an entire team. I don't know; maybe Miami's methods of isolating their players aren't up to par with most other teams.

 

It explains it fine? If you get the virus and get tested for it and isolated before you ever enter a locker room, you won't spread it to your team. If you get it and haven't been tested, then are in a locker room, suddenly a bunch of people on your team get it. We've got a massive cluster where I live that comes from exactly one person being in a night club at the wrong time. It's literally just the world's ****tiest game of chance.

 

It's two and a half months later.

The virus is gone! (from Marlins Park)

 

The Yankees and Philadelphia were supposed to have a four-game home at home series this week; would the Phillies be able to just play those first two games at The Stadium, maybe a double header tomorrow? Since there's no fans it shouldn't make much of a difference; and of course they'd get the home field advantage.

 

MLB is just trying to shove in an get as many of their regular season games in as possible without incident. Although; as much as I like Mattingly, he did come off sounding like a complete 8ss with that statement.

 

whatever team is not quarantined in october gets the trophy

 

It's like I said months ago-- there isn't going to be a season this year. An attempt is being made, but it's not sustainable and will collapse.

 

it's odd looking at these dugouts. you've got coaches in masks, players out of masks, both close to each other . i'm not sure how that adds up to stopping the spread.

 

The Marlins have to be done for the year right? The whole team has to be quarantined and there is no way they can make up two weeks of games. Unfortunately possibly the Phillies too due to the gross negligence the Marlins showed.

Does not look great. Least I got to watch three Twins games.

 

It doesn't help that so few of the players are taking this seriously. The Tigers started opening day by sitting apart and air fiving after a highlight, but by game two they already dropped the air five, we're making tons of contact, and sitting next to each other talking face to face without masks. Some of the other teams I've seen never even air fived from the start. If the players aren't acting like getting the virus equals death, that one touch equals death, that all of their teammates have a radioactive radius of about six feet, then this isn't going to work. They aren't, so it's not.

 

Amazing.

 

It hasn't been made official that tomorrow's game in Philadelphia was cancelled, has it?

 

The season is canceled— it just isn’t official yet.