COVID-19 impact on MLB season

[OldSchoolSnapper]

They sit shoulder to shoulder in the dugout and spit every 3 seconds. Then there is the clubhouse, the hotels, etc. There are a lot of opportunities for transmission that don't involve the actual game.

[LouisEly]

Plenty of room in the dugout, and I guarantee they aren't sharing rooms at the hotel. The clubhouse, maybe (I'll give you older stadiums such as Wrigley and Fenway), but they can easily regulate how many people can be in the clubhouse and have the rest stay in the dugout.

[LouisEly]

Plenty of room in the dugout, and I guarantee they aren't sharing rooms at the hotel. The clubhouse, maybe (I'll give you older stadiums such as Wrigley and Fenway), but they can easily regulate how many people can be in the clubhouse and have the rest stay in the dugout.

[owbc]

Plenty of room in the dugout, and I guarantee they aren't sharing rooms at the hotel. The clubhouse, maybe (I'll give you older stadiums such as Wrigley and Fenway), but they can easily regulate how many people can be in the clubhouse and have the rest stay in the dugout.

 

Are they going to ban tagging? /s

 

Anyway, this is all moot since MLB/MLBPA just agreed to the following conditions to return to play:

 

1. There are no bans on mass gatherings that would limit the ability to play in front of fans. However, the commissioner could still consider the "use of appropriate substitute neutral sites where economically feasible";

 

2. There are no travel restrictions throughout the United States and Canada;

 

3. Medical experts determine that there would be no health risks for players, staff or fans, with the commissioners and union still able to revisit the idea of playing in empty stadiums.

[owbc]

Plenty of room in the dugout, and I guarantee they aren't sharing rooms at the hotel. The clubhouse, maybe (I'll give you older stadiums such as Wrigley and Fenway), but they can easily regulate how many people can be in the clubhouse and have the rest stay in the dugout.

 

Are they going to ban tagging? /s

 

Anyway, this is all moot since MLB/MLBPA just agreed to the following conditions to return to play:

 

1. There are no bans on mass gatherings that would limit the ability to play in front of fans. However, the commissioner could still consider the "use of appropriate substitute neutral sites where economically feasible";

 

2. There are no travel restrictions throughout the United States and Canada;

 

3. Medical experts determine that there would be no health risks for players, staff or fans, with the commissioners and union still able to revisit the idea of playing in empty stadiums.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

The idea that you can play a baseball season while limiting contact enough to satisfy things the CDC and government have already said is just not something that's going to happen. Ignoring the impossibility of keeping the proper space between players at all times, it would send a completely contradictory message to the public.

 

You're not immune by keeping some space between people. These guys are touching the same things constantly. Somehow I doubt Dr. Fauci would refer to a baseball team as being "low risk for transmission."

[OldSchoolSnapper]

The idea that you can play a baseball season while limiting contact enough to satisfy things the CDC and government have already said is just not something that's going to happen. Ignoring the impossibility of keeping the proper space between players at all times, it would send a completely contradictory message to the public.

 

You're not immune by keeping some space between people. These guys are touching the same things constantly. Somehow I doubt Dr. Fauci would refer to a baseball team as being "low risk for transmission."

[rondoman]

There has to be a rigorous testing regimen for it to work. All players regularly tested, a positive test is an automatic 15-day DL stint and quarantine.

How often are baseball players really that close to each other? Other than the umpire hanging over the catcher's shoulder (good excuse to try automated balls/strikes for a shortened season) and the occasional holding the runner on at 1B, baseball players really aren't getting close to each other much less contacting each other. Maybe shorten the batter's box to create a little more room between the batter and catcher.

 

Automate balls/strikes, space out in the dugout and bullpen, maybe ban holding runners at 1B and instead have a limit of how far a runner can lead off. Fairly low risk for transmission.

 

 

Lol this can't be a serious post.

[rondoman]

There has to be a rigorous testing regimen for it to work. All players regularly tested, a positive test is an automatic 15-day DL stint and quarantine.

How often are baseball players really that close to each other? Other than the umpire hanging over the catcher's shoulder (good excuse to try automated balls/strikes for a shortened season) and the occasional holding the runner on at 1B, baseball players really aren't getting close to each other much less contacting each other. Maybe shorten the batter's box to create a little more room between the batter and catcher.

 

Automate balls/strikes, space out in the dugout and bullpen, maybe ban holding runners at 1B and instead have a limit of how far a runner can lead off. Fairly low risk for transmission.

 

 

Lol this can't be a serious post.

[rickh150]

Plenty of room in the dugout, and I guarantee they aren't sharing rooms at the hotel. The clubhouse, maybe (I'll give you older stadiums such as Wrigley and Fenway), but they can easily regulate how many people can be in the clubhouse and have the rest stay in the dugout.

 

Are they going to ban tagging? /s

 

Anyway, this is all moot since MLB/MLBPA just agreed to the following conditions to return to play:

 

1. There are no bans on mass gatherings that would limit the ability to play in front of fans. However, the commissioner could still consider the "use of appropriate substitute neutral sites where economically feasible";

 

2. There are no travel restrictions throughout the United States and Canada;

 

3. Medical experts determine that there would be no health risks for players, staff or fans, with the commissioners and union still able to revisit the idea of playing in empty stadiums.

 

I have no idea what #1 is saying? What is economically feasible and how does it apply to playing a game at a neutral site? Having the game on tv in front of no fans makes tons of money so...

[rickh150]

Plenty of room in the dugout, and I guarantee they aren't sharing rooms at the hotel. The clubhouse, maybe (I'll give you older stadiums such as Wrigley and Fenway), but they can easily regulate how many people can be in the clubhouse and have the rest stay in the dugout.

 

Are they going to ban tagging? /s

 

Anyway, this is all moot since MLB/MLBPA just agreed to the following conditions to return to play:

 

1. There are no bans on mass gatherings that would limit the ability to play in front of fans. However, the commissioner could still consider the "use of appropriate substitute neutral sites where economically feasible";

 

2. There are no travel restrictions throughout the United States and Canada;

 

3. Medical experts determine that there would be no health risks for players, staff or fans, with the commissioners and union still able to revisit the idea of playing in empty stadiums.

 

I have no idea what #1 is saying? What is economically feasible and how does it apply to playing a game at a neutral site? Having the game on tv in front of no fans makes tons of money so...

[rickh150]

There has to be a rigorous testing regimen for it to work. All players regularly tested, a positive test is an automatic 15-day DL stint and quarantine.

How often are baseball players really that close to each other? Other than the umpire hanging over the catcher's shoulder (good excuse to try automated balls/strikes for a shortened season) and the occasional holding the runner on at 1B, baseball players really aren't getting close to each other much less contacting each other. Maybe shorten the batter's box to create a little more room between the batter and catcher.

 

Automate balls/strikes, space out in the dugout and bullpen, maybe ban holding runners at 1B and instead have a limit of how far a runner can lead off. Fairly low risk for transmission.

 

 

Lol this can't be a serious post.

 

Yeah, baseball players live consistently near or next to each other. The ways are too numerous to count

[rickh150]

There has to be a rigorous testing regimen for it to work. All players regularly tested, a positive test is an automatic 15-day DL stint and quarantine.

How often are baseball players really that close to each other? Other than the umpire hanging over the catcher's shoulder (good excuse to try automated balls/strikes for a shortened season) and the occasional holding the runner on at 1B, baseball players really aren't getting close to each other much less contacting each other. Maybe shorten the batter's box to create a little more room between the batter and catcher.

 

Automate balls/strikes, space out in the dugout and bullpen, maybe ban holding runners at 1B and instead have a limit of how far a runner can lead off. Fairly low risk for transmission.

 

 

Lol this can't be a serious post.

 

Yeah, baseball players live consistently near or next to each other. The ways are too numerous to count

[LouisEly]

There has to be a rigorous testing regimen for it to work. All players regularly tested, a positive test is an automatic 15-day DL stint and quarantine.

How often are baseball players really that close to each other? Other than the umpire hanging over the catcher's shoulder (good excuse to try automated balls/strikes for a shortened season) and the occasional holding the runner on at 1B, baseball players really aren't getting close to each other much less contacting each other. Maybe shorten the batter's box to create a little more room between the batter and catcher.

 

Automate balls/strikes, space out in the dugout and bullpen, maybe ban holding runners at 1B and instead have a limit of how far a runner can lead off. Fairly low risk for transmission.

 

 

Lol this can't be a serious post.

LOL it is.

 

Tags are made with gloves, not hands. Other than the home plate umpire, catcher, and batter, and holding people on at 1B (solutions for all of those already provided), they are rarely within 6 feet of each other and if they are, only for a second. And pretty much all of them are under 40 and in excellent health, not at significant risk in any way.

[LouisEly]

There has to be a rigorous testing regimen for it to work. All players regularly tested, a positive test is an automatic 15-day DL stint and quarantine.

How often are baseball players really that close to each other? Other than the umpire hanging over the catcher's shoulder (good excuse to try automated balls/strikes for a shortened season) and the occasional holding the runner on at 1B, baseball players really aren't getting close to each other much less contacting each other. Maybe shorten the batter's box to create a little more room between the batter and catcher.

 

Automate balls/strikes, space out in the dugout and bullpen, maybe ban holding runners at 1B and instead have a limit of how far a runner can lead off. Fairly low risk for transmission.

 

 

Lol this can't be a serious post.

LOL it is.

 

Tags are made with gloves, not hands. Other than the home plate umpire, catcher, and batter, and holding people on at 1B (solutions for all of those already provided), they are rarely within 6 feet of each other and if they are, only for a second. And pretty much all of them are under 40 and in excellent health, not at significant risk in any way.

[trwi7]

Tags are made with gloves, not hands. Other than the home plate umpire, catcher, and batter, and holding people on at 1B (solutions for all of those already provided), they are rarely within 6 feet of each other and if they are, only for a second. And pretty much all of them are under 40 and in excellent health, not at significant risk in any way.

 

The virus can live in the air for 30 minutes to 3 hours. All it takes is one player to get it, they cough or sneeze or whatever and then another player breathes in that air and then they're all in the locker room together or lifting weights and all of a sudden the season is cancelled again.

[trwi7]

Tags are made with gloves, not hands. Other than the home plate umpire, catcher, and batter, and holding people on at 1B (solutions for all of those already provided), they are rarely within 6 feet of each other and if they are, only for a second. And pretty much all of them are under 40 and in excellent health, not at significant risk in any way.

 

The virus can live in the air for 30 minutes to 3 hours. All it takes is one player to get it, they cough or sneeze or whatever and then another player breathes in that air and then they're all in the locker room together or lifting weights and all of a sudden the season is cancelled again.

[LouisEly]

Tags are made with gloves, not hands. Other than the home plate umpire, catcher, and batter, and holding people on at 1B (solutions for all of those already provided), they are rarely within 6 feet of each other and if they are, only for a second. And pretty much all of them are under 40 and in excellent health, not at significant risk in any way.

 

The virus can live in the air for 30 minutes to 3 hours. All it takes is one player to get it, they cough or sneeze or whatever and then another player breathes in that air and then they're all in the locker room together or lifting weights and all of a sudden the season is cancelled again.

Then kiss 2020 goodbye, because the virus won't be eradicated any time soon. For the rest of the year, if not the next 18 months, it's about balancing risk with economic impact.

[LouisEly]

Tags are made with gloves, not hands. Other than the home plate umpire, catcher, and batter, and holding people on at 1B (solutions for all of those already provided), they are rarely within 6 feet of each other and if they are, only for a second. And pretty much all of them are under 40 and in excellent health, not at significant risk in any way.

 

The virus can live in the air for 30 minutes to 3 hours. All it takes is one player to get it, they cough or sneeze or whatever and then another player breathes in that air and then they're all in the locker room together or lifting weights and all of a sudden the season is cancelled again.

Then kiss 2020 goodbye, because the virus won't be eradicated any time soon. For the rest of the year, if not the next 18 months, it's about balancing risk with economic impact.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

It doesn't need to be eradicated, it needs to be contained to the point that people react to it like a guy getting stomach flu, to the point that someone being treated for it isn't straining a hospital beyond capacity.

 

I think there's a decent chance 2020 is gone anyway but even so. The idea of an enlarged batters box and keeping guys apart in a dugout is just cartoony. I'm sorry but it is. You WAY oversimplified the amount of contact these players have with each other and the staff over the course of a season. The game on the field is one tiny piece of it and doesn't account for all the shared surfaces and air they breathe.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

It doesn't need to be eradicated, it needs to be contained to the point that people react to it like a guy getting stomach flu, to the point that someone being treated for it isn't straining a hospital beyond capacity.

 

I think there's a decent chance 2020 is gone anyway but even so. The idea of an enlarged batters box and keeping guys apart in a dugout is just cartoony. I'm sorry but it is. You WAY oversimplified the amount of contact these players have with each other and the staff over the course of a season. The game on the field is one tiny piece of it and doesn't account for all the shared surfaces and air they breathe.

[rickh150]

Kirk Herbstreet says no football this season. No vaccine, no season...

[rickh150]

Kirk Herbstreet says no football this season. No vaccine, no season...

[young guns]

Beer league softball rules, but instead of chugging a beer at each base you wash your hands at each base.

[young guns]

Beer league softball rules, but instead of chugging a beer at each base you wash your hands at each base.