Posted on 03/09/2020 12:40:35 PM PDT by Conserv
Major League Baseball is expected to start its 2020 season as scheduled later this month despite complications and precautionary action related to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred will hold a conference call with the 30 team owners on Monday afternoon to discuss measures related to the coronavirus. At present, league officials are not expected to make any alterations to the 2020 schedule or order that games be played without fans present, The Athletic reported. MLB opening day is March 26.
In a separate notice, MLB issued an advisory informing reporters that it has not made any changes to media access for the 2020 season. However, league officials asked any individual who has visited a “high-risk area” for the coronavirus outbreak within the last 14 days to avoid MLB facilities
“We are also discussing additional measures internally and with other leagues,” MLB said in a statement. “At this time, we have not made changes to our media access procedures, and we will advise if we determine to take such steps.”
Like many other professional sports leagues, MLB has taken precautionary action to protect its players and employees from coronavirus. League officials are in regular contact with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
MLB established a working group across several departments to coordinate the coronavirus response. All 30 MLB teams have a point person leading their efforts.
If they wish, the 65 and older crowd can watch the games on TV.
It’s March 09...The Detroit Tigers have been officially eliminated.
lol
I sympathize.... I’m an Orioles fan. Although the last couple of seasons I’ve been moving to the Nationals. One reason.... it’s a helluva lot safer to go to a Nationals game!
Also the Miami Marlins, each league now has 14 contenders :-)
They’re safe in Miami, nobody goes to Marlins games.
Soon we will here what the puSSies in basketball decide(college and pros).
make that hear
Lifetime ban for throwing a spitball in effect.
Will managers and umps stay 3 ft. apart when they scream at each other?
Wait til next year!
Also the Royals, the White Sox, the Giants, the Rangers.... lotta teams rebuilding this year.
Any delays mean they’ll be playing the World Series on Black Friday.
Playing night baseball in northern states in March is crazy...
Attendance already trending down the last few years, I don’t see it changing.
???? Safer at nationals park?
I’ve never been there, but somebody told me Nationals park is in a bad neighborhood. Is that true? Or has Camden yards neighborhood been going downhill?
Well, yes, starting the season in late March is way too early. There’s too much chance of bad baseball weather in most of the country then.
History tells us Bob Feller pitched an opening day no hitter on April 16, and Jackie Robinson debuted on opening day on April 15. They are now starting three weeks earlier than back in the old days. Yes I know we have expanded playoffs and all that. Just pointing out they are rolling the dice with the weather at both ends of the season nowadays.
“At present, league officials are not expected to make any alterations to the 2020 schedule or order that games be played without fans present.”
They won’t get a say in it.
Just about all DC is undergoing gentrification. It’s where the jobs are after all and the youngsters are flocking there. What were terrible neighborhoods ten years ago are now peopled with hipsters and yuppies.
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