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Spring Training cancelled; Opening Day delayed -season starts July 24 for 60 Games

3 70+ year old geezers running for POTUS...I decided early last month to swear off watching, posting or tweeting politically for the time being. Started reading books and watching movies and TV shows again like I often had pre-broadband internet.
 
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...delay-opening-day-spring-training/5055117002/
MLB's coronavirus shutdown continues: Could season be pushed back several months?
Freep

Players, executives and coaching staffs began packing their bags throughout baseball Sunday and are headed home.

And they may be staying home for a long time.

There's a real possibility the Major League Baseball season could be delayed until Memorial Day weekend ? or even longer ? two MLB executives told USA TODAY Sports.

The executives spoke on the condition of anonymity since they weren?t authorized to speak publicly on the discussions.

No one knows when MLB will be able to begin its 2020 season, but certainly, playing a 162-game schedule starting on April 9 is completely unrealistic.

Owners and presidents have a conference call at noon ET Monday to determine the next steps, which is changing by the hour as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps across the world.

The commissioner?s office strongly encouraged everyone to go home Sunday after a New York Yankees minor-league player tested positive for coronavirus, knowing that it?s foolish to believe it?s an isolated case.

The Yankees instructed all their minor-league players to be quarantined for the next two weeks. The unidentified player was never in their major-league camp, located about a mile away.

Said MLB in a memo Sunday: ?The strong recommendation from our infectious disease and public health experts is that clubs should avoid all activities in which players congregate in significant numbers or are otherwise unable to practice the 'social distancing' protocols recommended by the CDC.

"The risk of a player in a club facility contracting the virus is real, and we must implement protocols to protect the safety and well-being of our players and staff members. In addition, we must recognize that there is the potential for further federal and state restrictions that will impact our operations, including restrictions on travel.?

Miami Marlins CEO Derek Jeter met with his staff and players Sunday and told them their spring-training complex in Jupiter, Fla., would be shut down immediately, encouraging them to not even participate in informal workouts.

The San Diego Padres, whose entire team voted unanimously to stay at their complex in Peoria, Ariz., were planning to leave en mass Sunday after being told they should not conduct formal workouts.

Several players told USA TODAY Sports that they plan to stay at their spring-training facilities only until their lease expires in the next week, and then will go home or travel to the home city of their club, awaiting further word.

Players are permitted to stay under the collective bargaining agreement, only there cannot be any organized workouts or even large groups working out informally together. The minor-league players and non-roster players were instructed to return home as soon as possible. If the international players or players who live in high-risk areas can?t return home, the clubs will find accommodations.

Commissioner Rob Manfred and union chief Tony Clark met over the weekend in Phoenix to determine whether players will be paid. They will continue to receive all medical coverage until at least opening day. The scheduling, whether they will even attempt to play regular-season games at the back end of the schedule into October, remains in flux.
 
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In lieu of spring training, how about 2 min with Ty Cobb? This is his Tyness disclosing his feelings about baseball in spring 1929, after he retired.
He's being nice, but you can hear his edginess too. I don't think this interview has circulated before. #MLB #Tigers #SABR
 
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