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I mean, of all the sports they were already kind of set up with spring training sites to attempt a bubble.
Of course Florida and Arizona both went to shit in the last month so either bubble would have failed miserably anyway, but surprised they didn't start out with a bubble plan.
It was presented as an option. The union shot it down.
 
Of course it would be Manfred + the Marlins fucking up.

Multiple sources confirmed that the Marlins played despite having three players learn Sunday that they’d tested positive for COVID-19, just two days after a fourth player learned of a positive test on Friday. Two infectious-disease specialists told The Athletic on Sunday that those positive tests fit the definition of a “clear outbreak” of the virus within their team. But sources said those tests were not enough for either Major League Baseball or the club itself to give serious consideration to postponing this game.

https://theathletic.com/1954316/2020/07/26/why-did-the-marlins-play-baseball-on-sunday/
 
I don't have time to retrace the timeline, but I think the news that additional players had tested positive came in the course of the day, and then Mattingly confirmed it around game time. This was public reporting. I think the Yankees and Orioles found out the extent later or this morning when the 7-8 additional cases were reported.
 
https://t.co/fHr8O5etO7

So fucking stupid.

Major League Baseball issued a 113-page operations manual to all club employees before the start of the season. It outlines everything from on-field rules to testing procedures and what happens if a player tests positive. But Sunday afternoon, the status of the game amid a coronavirus outbreak was decided by a group text-message between Marlins players.
 
Just ridiculously dumb. How is it even an option for the players to decide? Every other league it's in the hands of independent medical staff.

Both teams knew that the Marlins had a bunch of positive tests before the game even began, and nobody said "hey, maybe this game shouldn't happen?"

It goes beyond "it's not a bubble" dumb. It's "the protocols worked but we just ignored them" dumb .
 
That has to be the most idiotic thing I've ever read. That whole article is full of the dumbest effing quotes I've ever read. This is not playing through an injury or a loss of a team member or something. This is knowingly endangering every person that is involved in the game, recklessly without regard for how they might feel about it.

You don't sound like a badass saying you never considered canceling the game.
 
Shut the league down.

I don't know that I want that to happen, but a third party needs to get involved immediately.


This bullshit with taking an expedited test after testing positive, like Soto, for example, and then being allowed to immediately play again is just asking for trouble.

God, I thought the UFC were fucking up with their protocols at the beginning, but at least they fixed the holes they had and things have proceeded pretty well. And that's a full contact sport.

We're talking about baseball, this game should be a no-brainer, easy sport in comparison, but...people are dumb.
 
Oh, so we actually had the choice to play Juan Soto this weekend (and be total assholes)? Thanks, Marlins.
 
Didi Gregorious is considered to be a vulnerable athlete under the MLB's protocols. And he was there, standing in the batter's box, next to a catcher who may have been infectious. So fucking stupid.

I get why the MLB couldn't do the bubble environment. Games are too frequent, too long, outdoors, so the infrastructure is virtually impossible to manage. But this is a joke.
 
Didi Gregorious is considered to be a vulnerable athlete under the MLB's protocols. And he was there, standing in the batter's box, next to a catcher who may have been infectious. So fucking stupid.

I get why the MLB couldn't do the bubble environment. Games are too frequent, too long, outdoors, so the infrastructure is virtually impossible to manage. But this is a joke.

But is it impossible? Why couldn't they have done it at the Spring training locations? Too hot?
 
But is it impossible? Why couldn't they have done it at the Spring training locations? Too hot?



That’s what I understand - and that was even before Arizona and Florida became clusterfucks. They have one domed stadium in Arizona and would have to play outdoors in 110 weather to make the schedule work. Two domed stadiums in Florida (if the Trop counts as a stadium).

How do you run a 15-game daily schedule in this environment even disregarding the mess those states are in. Maybe California could have worked between LA and SF/Oakland but still. The daily schedule is tough.
 
That’s what I understand - and that was even before Arizona and Florida became clusterfucks. They have one domed stadium in Arizona and would have to play outdoors in 110 weather to make the schedule work. Two domed stadiums in Florida (if the Trop counts as a stadium).

How do you run a 15-game daily schedule in this environment even disregarding the mess those states are in. Maybe California could have worked between LA and SF/Oakland but still. The daily schedule is tough.

Ah, totally fair. I still think that hubs would've been possible, they'd've just had to have had like 5 or 6 of them, but I get it. There are a lot of logistical issues.

The fact they can't just be adults is painfully frustrating.


And it's not just baseball. I've mentioned before, during this whole thing I started following Sumo wrestling, because it was literally the only sport happening for a hot minute there, and they're in the middle of their first tournament since March, since they canceled their May event. And even with the rigidness of their system, they've STILL had two people now sneaking out to party, and now one of the two has a fever. Like...wtf is wrong with people?
 
Someone please explain the concept of an incubation period to Rob Manfred.
 
Not for nothing - you could have done the entire league in a semi bubble between Philly and Boston - use the MLB stadiums and the minor league stadiums - and been much safer.

Probably a better solution than what they have, but given the reluctance to use the Buffalo stadium for the Blue Jays, not sure if using minor league parks at that scale would work (also, double the size of stadiums needed given the "alternate camp" players). With the regionalized schedule they went for, perhaps a combination of LA/Anaheim/SF/Oakland for the West Divisions, Chicago/Milwaukee/St Louis or Minneapolis for the Central Divisions and the Acela corridor for the East. With the playoffs in a single location.
 
Probably a better solution than what they have, but given the reluctance to use the Buffalo stadium for the Blue Jays, not sure if using minor league parks at that scale would work (also, double the size of stadiums needed given the "alternate camp" players). With the regionalized schedule they went for, perhaps a combination of LA/Anaheim/SF/Oakland for the West Divisions, Chicago/Milwaukee/St Louis or Minneapolis for the Central Divisions and the Acela corridor for the East. With the playoffs in a single location.
Also a better idea.

Either way they should avoid Florida, Georgia and Texas like the plague. Pun intended.
 
In other news, about Trump throwing the first pitch at a Yankees game:

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That tweet reminded me of something from Junior High School. I had a teacher there that went on a rather ridiculous rant about how you do NOT refer to the President as "Mr. _____" but "President _____" and how disrespectful it was to do otherwise.

Anytime I see Mr. instead of President, I immediately think the person doing the writing has failed me, as a result of this.
 
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