MLB suspended, Opening Day delayed indefinitely UPDATED

[atomic]

1 minute ago, Going Underground said:

A second, unnamed Yankees minor-leaguer has tested positive for coronavirus infection, per Jon Heyman of MLB Network (via Twitter). The prior positive test emerged two days ago.

The Yankees and the rest of the league have already halted Spring Training, of course. But this transmission is surely the result of prior interactions between the players.

I have no idea why they thought it was a good idea to keep camps open after the league shut-down.  

[atomic]

If anyone needs beer, wine or liquor to get through this troubling time.  Wells Liquors on York Road takes phone orders and when you come they just put it in your trunk and you don't have to have any human contact.  What is St Patricks Day without beer after all. 

[MongoBoy]

25 minutes ago, atomic said:

  What is St Patricks Day without beer after all. 

As long as...

 

[MongoBoy]

1 hour ago, Going Underground said:

A second, unnamed Yankees minor-leaguer has tested positive for coronavirus infection, per Jon Heyman of MLB Network (via Twitter). The prior positive test emerged two days ago.

The Yankees and the rest of the league have already halted Spring Training, of course. But this transmission is surely the result of prior interactions between the players.

Better check the, hooker, er, strip joints on Dale Mabry.

[Going Underground]

1 hour ago, atomic said:

I have no idea why they thought it was a good idea to keep camps open after the league shut-down.  

But USPS mail sorting  facilities are open. UPS and Fed Ex,etc. Those all have many employees basically sorting mail and packages  in an enclosed environment. 

[Redskins Rick]

41 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

But USPS mail sorting  facilities are open. UPS and Fed Ex,etc. Those all have many employees basically sorting mail and packages  in an enclosed environment. 

I thought the bulk of that was automatic sorters, and in the case of DC, analyzing every mail for Amtrax.
Even if they sent the players home, there is no guarantee they would not get it in contact with somethere there, either.

 

[Going Underground]

2 hours ago, Going Underground said:

But USPS mail sorting  facilities are open. UPS and Fed Ex,etc. Those all have many employees basically sorting mail and packages  in an enclosed environment. 

Each MLB team will set aside $1 million.dollars for ballpark employees. Good.

Orioles, other MLB teams to donate $1 million each in support of ballpark employees during coronavirus delay - Baltimore Sun https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-sp-orioles-pay-ballpark-employees-20200317-diifdwv36namhlgmqjqrvzwlgy-story.html

[Legend_Of_Joey]

1 hour ago, Redskins Rick said:

I thought the bulk of that was automatic sorters, and in the case of DC, analyzing every mail for Amtrax.
Even if they sent the players home, there is no guarantee they would not get it in contact with somethere there, either.

 

Amtrax must get a lot of mail...

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

Each MLB team will set aside $1 million.dollars for ballpark employees. Good.

Sounds like something the league forced them to do.

Now do something about the kids in the minors (the Dodgers are).

[atomic]

1 hour ago, Redskins Rick said:

I thought the bulk of that was automatic sorters, and in the case of DC, analyzing every mail for Amtrax.
Even if they sent the players home, there is no guarantee they would not get it in contact with somethere there, either.

 

Yeah but some players will get it but not the entire team.  Which is what you are risking by having them all together. 

[Going Underground]

3 minutes ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Amtrax must get a lot of mail...

You know he meant Anthrax.The band gets lots of mail.

[atomic]

14 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

You know he meant Anthrax.The band gets lots of mail.

[atomic]

4 Brooklyn Nets have tested positive for Covid-19

[Legend_Of_Joey]

20 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Sounds like something the league forced them to do.

Now do something about the kids in the minors (the Dodgers are).

A few teams are, so far.

[backwardsk]

A little thought exercise.  Seven NBA players have tested positive.  There are, let’s say, 450 NBA players.  That’s 1.5%.  Now apply that to the entire population.  5000ish positive cases.  Yeah right.  Also three guys were asymptomatic.  They were able to get tests?