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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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To: TexasGator
Good idea, TG. Remember when the Orioles played that game a couple of years ago without the fans (because of "civil unrest" in Baltimore)? It was ... well ... weird.

The Oakland A's doing some creative things in the interim -- as I imagine other teams are as well -- described in the team's newsletter I received just a few minutes ago. Take a look. I think this link will work (sorry for not inserting it as an active link ... gotta run!):

http://view.ed4.net/v/9OJCSI/3712P0/5SGSC4N/HDY6FPE/MAILACTION=1&FORMAT=H?partnerId=ed-14797406-1203493163

61 posted on 04/03/2020 5:29:49 AM PDT by glennaro
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To: Vermont Lt
That’s not going to give them a season’s worth of revenue.

But a shortened season of, say, 130 games is better than no season at all.

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

Maybe. I have no idea what the force majeure provision of the agreement between MLB and the networks says. Do you?

62 posted on 04/03/2020 6:50:37 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (And somewhere in the darkness ... the gambler, he broke even.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
The City of Pittsburgh went around and took down the basketball hoops in all of the parks.

I lived in a town where the mayor did that as a crime-prevention measure ... and crime plummeted as a result.

63 posted on 04/03/2020 6:51:59 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (And somewhere in the darkness ... the gambler, he broke even.)
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