Posted on 03/12/2020 5:23:25 AM PDT by conservative98
In the last 48 hours, as the coronavirus has raced across the United States, the NBA has suspended its season, more than three dozen colleges and universities have kicked students off campus, President Trump has barred travelers from Europe from entering the country … and MLB, its season still two weeks away, has exposed some 100,000 people to a global pandemic.
It’s time to cancel spring training.
(Excerpt) Read more at si.com ...
Nearly 1.25 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day. An additional 20-50 million are injured or disabled. More than half of all road traffic deaths occur among young adults ages 15-44.
Cancel the whole season. Cancel the league. We don’t want anyone ever driving to games and hurting themselves.
I believe Spring Training is almost over. Opening Day is the 26th?
Well, i know Seattle has moved any home games away from T-Mobile Park for the month of March.
Not that the Mariners will do any better, but hey....
Link to above.
https://twitter.com/IDMOD_ORG/status/1237881591784865793
It’s going to be interesting to see how spectator sports will do without the spectators.
Self cancelling. No one shows.
Stephanie Apstein
@stephapstein
Baseball and other stuff for Sports Illustrated New York, NY
See #4.
Italy chose “Business as usual.”
Taiwan, S. Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong chose “75% reduction.”
Until this week, we have been following the Italian “business as usual” path.
Is the US on that chart?
No. No, they don’t.
“...raced across the United States...” No sensationalism there. Another adherent to the “We’re all gonna die” philosophy.
flu baby, it’s just the flu. shop, consume, spend, and above all, mingle with the knuckle dragging morons who claim to have a special knowledge regarding this new virus.
Coronaviruses don’t do well in sunlight, warmth and humidity.
The ballpark is one of the safest places to be.
Absolute BS.
The panic has raced. The virus is trying to catch up.
Do they train in closed confine spaces for 15 minutes at a time?
From where, pray tell, do you get your road death and injury statistics? Are these figures for the USA or the world? They seem high.
Yesterday Rush Limbaugh said USA automobile traffic deaths are about 50,000 per year.
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