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Just do it without telling anyone like millions of people did before COVID19. As far as the legitimacy of asking people to secure childcare, it's insane. There are people who've had their daycare closed. In a regular circumstance, yes, I agree it's a normal expectation. Right now is anything but normal.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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."
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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.
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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.
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Jones had a dropsies problem, but he also simultaneously had incredible hands, if that makes sense. I don't know if DF is the same. -
Jones had a dropsies problem, but he also simultaneously had incredible hands, if that makes sense. I don't know if DF is the same.
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He's fine because they have nothing. Someone who had 800 yards in the NFL would have been a godsend last season. If he's 3/4, he's fine.
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He's fine because they have nothing. Someone who had 800 yards in the NFL would have been a godsend last season. If he's 3/4, he's fine.
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90% it is played, 10% it isn't. We have seen how other countries have gone through this. The numbers have leveled out in Iran, they are leveling out in Italy. The earliest counties of NY, Washington St and California to get the virus are all on the decline. This is something that seems to pass in a matter of a few months and not longer given proper procedures. Something would have to really change to not have baseball played by the end of the all star break at this point. The process here is trying to keep the healthcare system from being overwhelmed, containment doesn't seem to be a big issue assuming you treat this virus with the respect it deserves. The bigger question is whether we will get to full crowds or not. We very well may be playing baseball in August with stadiums at 25% or 50% capacity for crowds. Large crowds are going to be a scary thing for quite some time. Small outbreaks can be tracked and isolated but big crowds can't be controlled. I think that's unlikely. People simply will get exhausted of living like this. I actually have the opposite worry. The government jumps the gun a bit, and people rush right back out to everything. I think that even if the government extended the harshest warnings, you would see people bending the rules more the longer it went out. People eventually do get tired of living in fear. I expect some trepidation in some areas, like with air travel, but I think people will really want to get back to normal. Of course, the economics of it all would also influence attendance.
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90% it is played, 10% it isn't. We have seen how other countries have gone through this. The numbers have leveled out in Iran, they are leveling out in Italy. The earliest counties of NY, Washington St and California to get the virus are all on the decline. This is something that seems to pass in a matter of a few months and not longer given proper procedures. Something would have to really change to not have baseball played by the end of the all star break at this point. The process here is trying to keep the healthcare system from being overwhelmed, containment doesn't seem to be a big issue assuming you treat this virus with the respect it deserves. The bigger question is whether we will get to full crowds or not. We very well may be playing baseball in August with stadiums at 25% or 50% capacity for crowds. Large crowds are going to be a scary thing for quite some time. Small outbreaks can be tracked and isolated but big crowds can't be controlled. I think that's unlikely. People simply will get exhausted of living like this. I actually have the opposite worry. The government jumps the gun a bit, and people rush right back out to everything. I think that even if the government extended the harshest warnings, you would see people bending the rules more the longer it went out. People eventually do get tired of living in fear. I expect some trepidation in some areas, like with air travel, but I think people will really want to get back to normal. Of course, the economics of it all would also influence attendance.
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Of course there won't be. Doesn't mean I can't want them. And sooner or later, thought more like ten years from now, baseball is going to have to address time of game in a significant manner. Not 3 batter minimums.
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Of course there won't be. Doesn't mean I can't want them. And sooner or later, thought more like ten years from now, baseball is going to have to address time of game in a significant manner. Not 3 batter minimums.
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It could be done, the players would be fine, but the fans would be miserable. People watch football in much worse, but I basically agree that it would not be enjoyable and not very baseball-y. I agree thought that the effect may be overstated. A bunch of teams are either still warm in November or indoors.
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It could be done, the players would be fine, but the fans would be miserable. People watch football in much worse, but I basically agree that it would not be enjoyable and not very baseball-y. I agree thought that the effect may be overstated. A bunch of teams are either still warm in November or indoors.
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I always thought this was a much longer term perspective, but I don't think 9-inning baseball is forever anyway. The games are just too long for how people want to watch things these days. That problem is only going to be worse for baseball in 30 years. I'm not suggesting it would replace the games in 2021 but it seems like a great opportunity for a trial run if they want to cram in a whole bunch of games. I would personally really like 7-inning games and potential MLB games that are 2-2.5 hours regularly. I'd watch a lot more baseball. I realize that would be incredibly polarizing but way, way down the road I've thought for a while that's where they will end up anyway.
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I always thought this was a much longer term perspective, but I don't think 9-inning baseball is forever anyway. The games are just too long for how people want to watch things these days. That problem is only going to be worse for baseball in 30 years. I'm not suggesting it would replace the games in 2021 but it seems like a great opportunity for a trial run if they want to cram in a whole bunch of games. I would personally really like 7-inning games and potential MLB games that are 2-2.5 hours regularly. I'd watch a lot more baseball. I realize that would be incredibly polarizing but way, way down the road I've thought for a while that's where they will end up anyway.
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Yes, but this is generally true of all the Scandanavian countries, not just Sweden. Sweden is literally the #1 country in the world in the % of households that are comprised of one person, 40%. All of the nordic countries, though, have a disproportionate % of young people who report feeling lonely very often, especially when juxtaposed with those countries basically always topping the list of "happiest" on earth.
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Yes, but this is generally true of all the Scandanavian countries, not just Sweden. Sweden is literally the #1 country in the world in the % of households that are comprised of one person, 40%. All of the nordic countries, though, have a disproportionate % of young people who report feeling lonely very often, especially when juxtaposed with those countries basically always topping the list of "happiest" on earth.
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I have seen this transcending age honestly. Lots of old folks have decided they've waited this long to have fun and they're going to do it. Lots of young folks who just don't get it. Stupid people get old, too.
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I have seen this transcending age honestly. Lots of old folks have decided they've waited this long to have fun and they're going to do it. Lots of young folks who just don't get it. Stupid people get old, too.
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If they really want to cram games in, I'd love to see 7-inning games. They're too long as it is and it's the best excuse to possible to see how it goes.
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If they really want to cram games in, I'd love to see 7-inning games. They're too long as it is and it's the best excuse to possible to see how it goes.
