MLB considering no crowds allowed on Opening Day?

[caulfield12]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28887560/nba-suspends-season-further-notice-player-tests-positive-coronavirus

 

Edited March 12, 2020 by caulfield12

[caulfield12]

22 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

 

 

one of the officials worked the Jazz game a few days ago and may feel sick?

im going to bed, any predictions for who is sick in the morning?

Las Vegas and AC sports books?  Fantasy sports commissioners?  
I’ll go with Carrot Top or Gallagher for B/C-List Celeb.

Guess there are still all the NCAA tourney pools, at least for now...

 

If you go back just one week, to imagine Nebraska and the Jazz being quarantined, Hoiberg in hospital, five more teams that have played against Utah in the last ten days to be tested/investigated...the odds of getting hit by lightning or winning the Power Ball would have been much better.

Surreal.

The only days/situations that rank as more memorable for me are the Reagan assassination attempt, Challenger disaster, 9/11 and Financial Crisis...arguably, Columbine, Princess Diana death, Oklahoma City Bombing wouldn’t be too far behind.  OJ chase.

Edited March 12, 2020 by caulfield12

[greg775]

I keep changing my mind. Today I am convinced there will be no pro sports til August at the earliest and no NCAA Tournament. The Jazz player getting sick is the tip of the iceberg. You've got 3 weeks of NCAA Tournament and just because there are no fans, the players are still traveling all over and for what?? For CBS and TBS and TNT. With NO FANS allowed there's no reason to head to these cities except money for the NCAA and the colleges via the billion dollar TV contract. And though it's sad and bad, too bad. We have to try to stop the virus and one way is through isolation. People just shouldn't be traveling. There will be no economic impact in the cities hosting regionals and some of the kids or coaches might infect others and get sick themselves. Economic impact of the teams and 125 fans that are allowed of each team?? Hardly.

Again, postpone it til mid summer and see if you can play or just crown no champion, but there's not going to be an NCAA Tournament and there will be no NBA the rest of the season. MLB is in trouble as well!! Wow.

Edited March 12, 2020 by greg775

[chitownsportsfan]

yea I can't even begin to comment on sports right now.  it's all not going to happen.  flatten the curve everyone.

[caulfield12]

31 minutes ago, greg775 said:

I keep changing my mind. Today I am convinced there will be no pro sports til August at the earliest and no NCAA Tournament. The Jazz player getting sick is the tip of the iceberg. You've got 3 weeks of NCAA Tournament and just because there are no fans, the players are still traveling all over and for what?? For CBS and TBS and TNT. With NO FANS allowed there's no reason to head to these cities except money for the NCAA and the colleges via the billion dollar TV contract. And though it's sad and bad, too bad. We have to try to stop the virus and one way is through isolation. People just shouldn't be traveling. There will be no economic impact in the cities hosting regionals and some of the kids or coaches might infect others and get sick themselves. Economic impact of the teams and 125 fans that are allowed of each team?? Hardly.

Again, postpone it til mid summer and see if you can play or just crown no champion, but there's not going to be an NCAA Tournament and there will be no NBA the rest of the season. MLB is in trouble as well!! Wow.

You can make the opposite argument quite easily.  The rate of hospitalization for those under 25 is negligible.  Players have been fighting for years and years of training and games to get to this moment.  Graduating seniors would never get the opportunity to play again.   For the country, as more and more are forced to spend the majority of their time inside, having the distraction of sports as entertainment and escape takes on added significance...it keeps us connected to something bigger than ourselves.

I’m not sure I feel exactly the same about the Olympics, because of the spirit of the games bringing fans together from almost 200 countries...friend and foe alike, just can’t be replicated...thinking of those inspirational stories from developing countries like the marathon runner who finishes hours behind but us cheered to the end by his/her fellow competitors for having the courage and persistence to compete for their countries.

[Jose Abreu]

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One extreme step would be for MLB to cancel the All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium and use that week to make up games. The idea of extending the season beyond its scheduled conclusion on Sept. 27 and playing postseason games at neutral sites with domed or retractable-roof parks already has been discussed, one source said.

 

[Jack Parkman]

15 minutes ago, Jose Abreu said:

 

If they thing this thing is going to blow over in 6 months they're high. It's not happening for years. They'll create a vaccine, the virus will mutate and then we're back to square one. Until this thing mutates enough times for there to be a vaccine for multiple strains, this isn't going away. 

Edited March 12, 2020 by Jack Parkman

[Panerista]

3 hours ago, Jack Parkman said:

If they thing this thing is going to blow over in 6 months they're high. It's not happening for years. They'll create a vaccine, the virus will mutate and then we're back to square one. Until this thing mutates enough times for there to be a vaccine for multiple strains, this isn't going away. 

It’s too early to know that for sure. Also, at least if that is the case, a virus tends to select towards less deadly for obvious reasons

[caulfield12]

15 minutes ago, Eloy Jiménez said:

It’s too early to know that for sure. Also, at least if that is the case, a virus tends to select towards less deadly for obvious reasons

Which is why SARs burned out...at least 2x or 10% mortality rate, the fundamental principle for a novel or zoonotic virus is to keep multiplying, not quickly killing off all the hosts like Ebola, Marburg and MERs.  Which is also why it’s almost the perfect combination of contagiousness, dormancy of symptoms and debilitation to respiratory tract...not to mention spreading from the nose and droplets instead of lungs.

Edited March 12, 2020 by caulfield12

[bmags]

If the US was actually testing a lot, you could point to the KBO of something that had restrictions but looks like the season will mostly go as planned.

but with the US flying in the dark who knows

[caulfield12]

55 minutes ago, bmags said:

If the US was actually testing a lot, you could point to the KBO of something that had restrictions but looks like the season will mostly go as planned.

but with the US flying in the dark who knows

You’d have to move the Daegu team’s home games temporarily...and there’s a cluster in Seoul, but doable.

The weird aspect is Japan’s decision on baseball with a similar lack of testing being done there.   Seems they’re just completely focused on saving the Olympics at the cost of everything else.  They can wait until the last two weeks of May to decide on that.

 

Reports then surfaced that Hoiberg had been taken to a local hospital, and the Husker team was quarantined inside its locker room immediately after the game with no further announcements from the team.

Here is a running timeline via Twitter of Hoiberg's status...

***UPDATE: 11:00 PM: Lincoln CBS affiliate KOLN/KGIN reported that a source confirmed to them that Hoiberg had been released from the hospital.

***UPDATE 11:30 PM: Hoiberg's son, Jack Hoiberg, posted on Snapchat that Fred "got cleared before the game to coach and just got released from the hospital with no quarantine. Thank you for the texts and concerns."

Edited March 12, 2020 by caulfield12

[pcq]

With restricted access it might be  safe to just bus around the camps and rotate opponents every day. Things are not looking up though. This could have all kinds of unknown election issues too. I won't speculate further. 

[TaylorStSox]

I'm in the "we're living in a vastly overpopulated world, so we should let nature run it's course" camp. Nature has a way of correcting the course. 

[caulfield12]

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/coronavirus-its-time-for-mlb-to-suspend-spring-training-delay-the-start-of-season-due-to-covid-19/

 

People might think it’s fine for nature to correct the course...until it’s their own family, loved ones and friends.

[TaylorStSox]

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[Bob Sacamano]

Start on time with no fans. Would rather see that than canceling the first few series/weeks of the season.

[ChiSox59]

8 hours ago, Jose Abreu said:

 

An easy solution if they had to postpone the start of the regular season by a couple weeks would be trimming down the insane amount of off days in the playoffs.  

But seriously, this sucks.  Chances MLB starts on time are pretty low right now.  

[bmags]

So Donovan Mitchell has also tested positive for corona virus (how are NBA players getting tests so easily? A NoVa congressman was denied one)

[Bob Sacamano]

42 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said:

An easy solution if they had to postpone the start of the regular season by a couple weeks would be trimming down the insane amount of off days in the playoffs.  

But seriously, this sucks.  Chances MLB starts on time are pretty low right now.  

Or they just don't make up the games not played the first couple weeks and when they start playing again, continue as is. Would be very difficult making all the games up. I think that would be likely scenario.

[mqr]

Sounds like ST will be suspended

[ptatc]

1 hour ago, bmags said:

So Donovan Mitchell has also tested positive for corona virus (how are NBA players getting tests so easily? A NoVa congressman was denied one)

They are at a higher risk than the general population. Their job requires them to contact other people's bodily fluids without any protection.

[bmags]

4 minutes ago, ptatc said:

They are at a higher risk than the general population. Their job requires them to contact other people's bodily fluids without any protection.

But a Congressman isn't?

[Balta1701]

 

[mqr]

1 hour ago, bmags said:

So Donovan Mitchell has also tested positive for corona virus (how are NBA players getting tests so easily? A NoVa congressman was denied one)

$$$

[ptatc]

16 minutes ago, bmags said:

But a Congressman isn't?

No. He doesn't have to touch anyone and he could do meetings remotely.