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MLB considering neutral sites for restarted season, Yankees pitcher says
Fox News ^ | April 2, 2020 | Ryan Gaydos

Posted on 04/02/2020 12:05:48 PM PDT by EdnaMode

MLB players’ union has been discussing a handful of potential neutral stadiums that could host baseball games to restart the 2020 season, New York Yankees pitcher Zack Britton said Wednesday.

Britton told MLB Network Radio that about five sites have been talked about in meetings about potentially getting the season back up and running. The season was suspended and Opening Day was delayed because of the coronavirus outbreak.

MLB PLAYERS UNION CONSIDERS PLAYING GAMES WITH NO FANS TO START SEASON, ANGELS PITCHER SAYS

“I know there's sites that have already been discussed -- I'm not sure if I should even say this publicly -- but there's four or five sites that are up in the air that MLB and the union have slightly discussed that these are spots that have the resources, facilities, hotels that could host a major-league team if we get to that point,” Britton said in the interview.

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KEYWORDS: baseball; britton; majorleaguebaseball; mlb; newyork; newyorkyankees; nyyankees; yankees; zackbritton
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To: Varsity Flight

Or at least no Joe Buck.


21 posted on 04/02/2020 12:18:28 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode
From what I've been hearing over the sports radio airwaves, the TV networks are pushing hard for this sort of arrangement because their losses are staggering for each canceled game.

I'm kind of surprised MLB is taking the lead on this. This morning I was convinced the NBA would come out with this kind of plan first.

22 posted on 04/02/2020 12:20:07 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (And somewhere in the darkness ... the gambler, he broke even.)
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To: EdnaMode

Like where? The Moon?.....................


23 posted on 04/02/2020 12:23:13 PM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: KarlInOhio

And what will the TV companies pay them with?


24 posted on 04/02/2020 12:26:29 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

Advertising revenue from the broadcasts.


25 posted on 04/02/2020 12:30:41 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (And somewhere in the darkness ... the gambler, he broke even.)
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To: EdnaMode

If they can pull it off it’s a great idea. Sports is a haven. Honestly what I’d do is pick someplace out of the way with multiple fields, like one of their spring training areas. Get all the teams there, quarantine them in hotels. And play the schedule. If you can get 8 fields you can easily run a full day’s schedule in day and evening slots, with time for sanitizing the dugouts. Get the game on.


26 posted on 04/02/2020 12:33:46 PM PDT by discostu (I know that's a bummer baby, but it's got precious little to do with me)
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To: discostu

I like that. Great idea!


27 posted on 04/02/2020 12:36:06 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

It won’t change the reception the Astros are going to get.


28 posted on 04/02/2020 12:46:09 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: EdnaMode
Go to the spring training sites. They are all in the sun belt away from the northern tier inner city pestholes.

Yuma has a wonderful stadium complex that used to be where the Padres did spring training.

29 posted on 04/02/2020 12:46:42 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: Midwesterner53
It won’t change the reception the Astros are going to get.

When is "Garbage Can Night"?

30 posted on 04/02/2020 12:46:49 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Alberta's Child

That’s not going to give them a season’s worth of revenue.

In any event, cancelling the whole season would fall under force majeure.


31 posted on 04/02/2020 12:47:38 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: EdnaMode

Definitely a great idea. Something to watch while we are quarantined. Their viewership will soar


32 posted on 04/02/2020 12:56:22 PM PDT by chuckee
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To: Hot Tabasco
Well don’t come to Warren, Michigan. The parks and rec kicked out 6 old guys yesterday who were simply taking softball batting practice on one of their fields...…

The City of Pittsburgh went around and took down the basketball hoops in all of the parks.


33 posted on 04/02/2020 12:56:25 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: dfwgator

Darn, you beat me to it.

Actually, the Marlins is even worse.


34 posted on 04/02/2020 12:58:27 PM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: discostu

Shared sports apparatus, pitcher ball rub downs, dugouts, player manager conferencing, manager-pitcher on the mound, umpire plate proximity for starters


35 posted on 04/02/2020 1:07:23 PM PDT by Varsity Flight (QE 2020. All Quiet on the Western Front)
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To: EdnaMode

Plenty of people would be watching NHL,NBA and MLB at home even if there’s nobody in the stands.


36 posted on 04/02/2020 1:07:49 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: Varsity Flight

Test everybody as you’re setting it all up. Teams are clean going into quarantine they’ll stay clean. No need to worry about proximity.


37 posted on 04/02/2020 1:11:00 PM PDT by discostu (I know that's a bummer baby, but it's got precious little to do with me)
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To: pfflier

I think that could work.


38 posted on 04/02/2020 1:12:42 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: Varsity Flight
How about no announcers too.

Yankee announcers Michael Kay and Ken Singleton are the best in the business.
39 posted on 04/02/2020 1:14:18 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Hot Tabasco

It’s frickin’ Warren...


40 posted on 04/02/2020 1:17:17 PM PDT by dakine
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