Predict when MLB will at least pause the 2020 season

[JustinCharge 2,397]

Predict when MLB will at least pause the 2020 season.  I'll accept entries until we turn over to Monday August 3rd Pacific Time at midnight.

 

I say August 10th.

[tanatastic 2,061]

This week, today or tomorrow.

[Hardcore troubadour 12,626]

When they have played enough games to have playoffs. They will pause, then re-start for that. I’d say 45 games. 

[Meglamaniac 380]

9/29

[Mr. Hand 482]

August 4th

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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29572885/sources-mlb-commissioner-warns-shutdown-players-do-better-job-managing-coronavirus

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.

The league and players recognize the coming days are a critical juncture following an outbreak among the Miami Marlins in which 18 players and two coaches have tested positive for COVID-19. Two positive tests by St. Louis Cardinals players on Friday exacerbated concerns inside the sport about the presence of the coronavirus and whether the jointly agreed-upon protocols are being followed properly to prevent outbreaks similar to Miami's.

Should another outbreak materialize, Manfred, who has the power to shut down the season, could move in that direction. Multiple players briefed on the call fear the season could be shut down as soon as Monday if positive tests jump or if players continue not to strictly abide by the league's protocols.

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."

The Cardinals' game against the Milwaukee Brewers was postponed Friday and rescheduled to a doubleheader Sunday. Already, the Marlins and Philadelphia Phillies, who last played Miami on Sunday, were missing scheduled games, leaving 20% of the league's Friday slate empty.

[Mookz 1,287]

First show us the shark tooth.  

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COVID testing results from last week, per MLB:

Number of samples: 11,895.
 
-29 new positives, or 0.2%

-20 positives were players and 9 were staff members.

-21 of 29 positives were from one club; (Marlins) other 29 Clubs had 8 positives (2 MLB players, 1 Alternate Site player, 5 staff).

Once again, this is being overblown.   The Marlins are a big problem right now, but the rest of the league really isn’t.   

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Right before they have to call Pete Rose in to sub at 1st base.

[shorepatrol 1,737]

Everything resumes late November miraculously if Trump loses. 

[FlyinHeadlock 459]

Needs to be a term for it. Like Tom Hanks who never showed he was actually sick or his wife. Just pics of a mask in the trash from another country.

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