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RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 09:42 AM Jul 2020

Sources - Marlins cancel game as coronavirus spreads

Source: ESPN

The Miami Marlins' home opener against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night has been canceled, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan, as coronavirus cases continue to pop up among the team.

Eight more players and two coaches with the Marlins have tested positive for coronavirus, as an outbreak has spread throughout their clubhouse and brought the total of cases in recent days to at least 14, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN.

The Marlins remain in Philadelphia and continue to undergo testing after their weekend series there.

On Sunday, four Marlins players tested positive for the coronavirus, including that day's starter, Jose Urena, according to sources familiar with the situation, leading the team to delay its postgame trip home amid concerns about a possible outbreak.

Read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29546814/sources-marlins-cancel-game-virus-spreads



Well, it was nice for a weekend.

Also, Florida.
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Sources - Marlins cancel game as coronavirus spreads (Original Post) RhodeIslandOne Jul 2020 OP
Apparently, they are quarantined in Philadelphia. luvs2sing Jul 2020 #1
Shame that Trump wasn't going to throw the First Pitch for THAT game. no_hypocrisy Jul 2020 #2
Ha! Ohiogal Jul 2020 #6
Did they think they were immune? Stupid Blues Heron Jul 2020 #3
winning Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #13
Now what? B Stieg Jul 2020 #4
I thought they were going to do "bubbles" RhodeIslandOne Jul 2020 #7
NHL and NBA did. EllieBC Jul 2020 #16
Well take down the 25 dollar card board cut outs behind home plate.................... turbinetree Jul 2020 #5
OFFS BumRushDaShow Jul 2020 #8
Yes, Baseball is as close as it comes to a naturally "socially distanced" team sport. Dugouts. why? Tom Rinaldo Jul 2020 #12
From what they have been talking about locally here BumRushDaShow Jul 2020 #15
More: Dennis Donovan Jul 2020 #9
Trump will say they deserved it for kneeling RhodeIslandOne Jul 2020 #10
Phils - Yankees game just cancelled. BumRushDaShow Jul 2020 #11
Just wait until the NFL starts back up. OnlinePoker Jul 2020 #14

luvs2sing

(2,220 posts)
1. Apparently, they are quarantined in Philadelphia.
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 09:45 AM
Jul 2020

They started the season on the road.

I love baseball but, damn, I wish they would shut it back down.

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
7. I thought they were going to do "bubbles"
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 09:54 AM
Jul 2020

Of course, those bubbles were AZ and FL, sooooooo......

I guess they ditched that idea in June and here we are.

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
5. Well take down the 25 dollar card board cut outs behind home plate....................
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 09:52 AM
Jul 2020

its not working whatever plan the sports teams are coming up with.................

BumRushDaShow

(127,310 posts)
8. OFFS
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 10:10 AM
Jul 2020

When I heard early in the series that one of the Marlins players tested positive, I was like, WTF? So now what??? But they played the next game and then the next game.

So now you have 14 players on the Marlins test positive and they just played 3 games here in Philly against the Phillies. So what happens now with the Phillies??????????????????? As it is, the cases have been slowly increasing here in the city due to the dumbasses running to shore house parties and bars in Jersey (because our bars in PA are CLOSED for indoor patrons unless food is served and only at a 25% capacity, and restaurants and bars COMPLETELY CLOSED for indoor patronage but outdoors is available in the city - they never did open for indoors for our "modified green" phase).

Same damn thing happened with the '76ers when this whole thing started back in March when they had just finished a game with the Pistons and it was found that a player on the Jazz tested positive and the Pistons had just played the Jazz before coming here to play the '76ers.



And the irony is that baseball is a naturally "socially distanced" game - but the disaster can happen in the dugout and if players are allowed to go "out" somewhere.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
12. Yes, Baseball is as close as it comes to a naturally "socially distanced" team sport. Dugouts. why?
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 11:44 AM
Jul 2020

Yes, dugouts are traditional. And they are "cozy", which is why they should not be used. With no spectators in the stadium the players could sit in the stands directly behind the dugouts, with the necessary social distancing but still gathered close enough for the manager to speak to all of them. The ground crews could put up awnings if they wanted shade and the semblance of an enclosure.

Resuming MLB games was an experiment, but not an unreasonable one to attempt. I assume the players who are participating are not in high risk groups, but if they can't adjust their behavior in light of the pandemic this experiment is doomed. They could use the locker room in shifts to avoid close contact, they can charter extra buses and flights during travel to cut down on cowding and risk. If they can't make Baseball work, no team sports should go on during this pandemic.

BumRushDaShow

(127,310 posts)
15. From what they have been talking about locally here
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 12:35 PM
Jul 2020

the locker rooms were apparently worse. The Yankees had already started coming here and apparently brought in away-team staff to replace the Philly away-team staff who might have been exposed -

/snip

The Yankees were scheduled to open a two-game series Monday night, with the teams moving to New York for games Wednesday and Thursday. The Phillies fumigated the visiting clubhouse after the Marlins left, according to a source, and the Yankees reportedly brought a clubhouse staff from New York to replace Phillies staff members who are in quarantine.

https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/miami-marlins-coronavirus-outbreak-covid-19-philadelphia-yankees-20200727.html


The latest (includes a tweeted reply to the announcement) -




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Joel Sherman
@Joelsherman1
·
Jul 27, 2020
MLB has its scheduled call with all 30 owners today at about 12:30 pm Eastern. That suddenly is a different call than it would have been 48 hours ago.

OnDeckIC
@OnDeckIC

11:34 AM · Jul 27, 2020


Of course the CT is flying about why a certain "throwing out of the first pitch" at a Yankees game next month was "cancelled".

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
9. More:
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 10:29 AM
Jul 2020


Travis Akers @travisakers

#BREAKING: Major League Baseball to hold an emergency meeting today after 14 Miami Marlins have tested positive for COVID-19 following their weekend series with the Philadelphia Phillies.


Travis Akers @travisakers

President Trump announced on Sunday that he would no longer be throwing out the first pitch for the Yankees in two weeks.

His announcement was 18 hours before the news broke to the public about the Miami Marlins outbreak.


10:26 AM · Jul 27, 2020

BumRushDaShow

(127,310 posts)
11. Phils - Yankees game just cancelled.
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 10:45 AM
Jul 2020

Have been texting one of my retired former coworkers who listens to our local Philly sports talk radio station and she said the Yankees were up next to play the Phillies here and they just cancelled.

OnlinePoker

(5,702 posts)
14. Just wait until the NFL starts back up.
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 12:30 PM
Jul 2020

40 players, 10-20 staff per sideline, all the officials. It's going to be Corona central.

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