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Major League Baseball to begin regular season by Late May/Early June?
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Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Union are accelerating a plan to return in early May, much sooner than many expected, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports ESPN’s Jeff Passan reportsESPN’s Jeff Passan reports.
NEWS: Major League Baseball and the MLBPA are focusing on a plan backed by federal health officials that could have players in training camps by May and games soon thereafter.
Details at ESPN on how MLB may return — and the difficulty in doing so: https://t.co/zDoNa3k4pm
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) April 7, 2020
As expected, It’s a very complicated scenario.
The plan, which according to Passan currently has support of Federal officials, calls for all 30 teams playing in the greater Phoenix area in isolation without fans. Rapid testing, along with players and coaches having to sit in the stands 6-feet apart is among the things at play.
Passan reports — players, coaching staffs and other essential personnel would be sequestered at local hotels, where they would live in relative isolation and travel only to and from the stadium. —
Other items detailed in the report:
*The league would be “Implementing an electronic strike zone to allow the plate umpire to maintain sufficient distance from the catcher and batter.”
*There would be No mound visits from the catcher or pitching coach
*Current discussions are proposing Seven-inning doubleheaders. Previous reports had MLB planning for a 100 game schedule starting in late June/early July, but potential movement in starting much earlier than expected could see MLB finding a way to get 162 games in with a large amount of doubleheaders paving the way.
There are a ton of hurdles for MLB to pull this off and the great unknown of being able to sustain the season once it gets underway, but what MLB has at their disposal compared to the NHL and NBA is that MLB players haven’t been paid a dime yet for the 2020 season.
MLB can pull off getting union support in isolating players for months with player salaries for this season at stake.
While MLB is contemplating a return in Arizona and the NBA mulling an isolation playoffs in Las Vegas, the NHL says ‘Hold My Beer’………. ‘How’s North Dakota and New Hampshire sound?’
Top league executives fear there is currently low support from the players union to return in low population neutralized sites as the NHL faces the problem MLB doesn’t have.
Is going to risk your health and being isolated away from your loved one’s worth it? For some it’s just not going to be worth it.
As one NHL source says, if there’s no chance of a normal return, getting enough union support will come down to players being frightened about the escrow and they will have to be sold on a financial plan from the league that deals with this.
Time will tell where things go.
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I love watching a Trump press conference, more entertaining than another -3 outing from Letang.
Its sad how media is times like this they still try to put the president down. Funny how they are saying he hasn’t done to quickly yet when he closed the borders democRatS were all over Trump for closing too soon.
Wish sometimes all this media gets banned from the White house
Cringes me how they over speak on the president with no respect.
It’s amazing everything thrown at trump and he just keeps winning. Probably going to be the first president impeached, acquitted, then re-elected haha
Npl will be more depressed
He suckss so does his idol Bernie Sanders.
2024 Bernie Sanders for president lol
Oh God nothing has changed. Except all of you are medical experts. I thought the whole thing was a bad nightmare when I work up this morning. However its true we have Conor Sheary on the damn roster.
Since covid-19 domestic violence went up in Canada and Alberta
London 25% increase
France 36% increase I wonder what all this 3 countries have in common.
zeroTool and his beta male PM made sure to fill this country with Arabs, Pakistanis ,Nigerians
Yet they get rewarded with welfare checks by beating their wives
How stupid and controversial is this Trudeau. He supports gay rights attends to all of the pride parade. Yet he brings in these stone age animals to this country thinking they will follow his feminist agenda. Real bright this one. Then again he is not that stupid people voting for him are stupider thanks tool.
In 10 years Canada will be called republic of Canada
While United States will be called divided States of America under dumb DemocRats. Just watch Npl’s favorite network CNN and you’ll see how hard they try to divide the country even time like this
Is your mom beating you?
“The media hysteria over the Coronavirus is a total hoax!”
-Impeached President Trump in March
Also impeached President Trump in April:
“I knew this was a pandemic before they were calling it a pandemic”
DemocRatS impeached Trump knowing there was cases in U.S. almost certain democRatS were working with China to destroy Trump. That guess what they failed again
“I know words I got the best words”
-Impeached President Trump
“My uncle went to MIT to be a doctor so I know this stuff”
– Impeached President Trump
“We choose unity over division. We choose science over fiction. We choose truth over facts.”
-Joe Biden
We choose being stupid over Republicans
That explains a lot.
“Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids”
-Joe Biden
Bernie gets shafted by the DNC once again hahaha the Democratic Party is a fuckking mess. All for a guy that can’t even remember what country he is in
Don’t worry Bernie will give another try in 2024 lol
He will be a jared head like in Futurama. Lol
Bernie get shafted he took another payoff and went to the bank with it. Latest estimate is 9.1 million. Not bad for a “Socialist”
Bernie Sanders
Scott Steiner
Would be interesting to see if this MLB Grapefruit and Cactus league setup comes to fruition. They also proposed 7 inning games. TBH, a 7 inning game would be a lot more palatable than a 9 and it would be funny to see them get waffle- stomped by the Yanks. They’d also have a shot at not finishing last with Detroit in their division.
They should just cut the MLB season in half and then get rid of half the teams. Most are never even in contention anyway. Baseball is so dam boring.
Wow something we agree upon…LOL
It’s sad because baseball is actually my second favorite sport and I can hardly get through a whole game. Shifts, pitching changes, unlimited timeouts, mound visits, no pitch count and the list goes on. Baseball at its root is awesome. Needs to get back to how it was. Games shouldn’t take longer than 2.5 hours.
Thats why average fan of baseball are fat they sit on their asss and eat
You couldn’t beat Bryce Harper on his worst day.
Colby Cave passed away from a brain bleed. Sad story. Family could not even see him bc of the Covid19 rules that are in place. Very sad.
Really sad story, his last goal came against the Pens too… it’s so sad to see that happen
How is it possible half of you haven’t died of COVID19.
Agreed, when Trump and Fox said it was a hoax I figured you’d be holding sams hand a-la-Thelma and Louise going over the cliff.
I mean sammich for sure but…
You dumb fuckk we are 7billion how many people died ? Every year there is soo many people dying in Africa. This was man made they wanted to crash the market and control people they used this covid-19 as excuse to do soo
Keep watching your Trudeau and his Lego cartoons
While 5G network getting installed
It’s been going on for a few months you fucken stupid retard, 100k deaths to date. Estimates have 20 to 60% of the population getting the bug. On the low end that’s 1.5 billion confirmed cases. The mortality rate isn’t known for sure but estimated between 1-4%. On the low end? That’s 15 million… Now there is a study outside of Germany that figures a mortality rate of .34% due in part to us not knowing how many actually get sick. They estimate that 15% of all cases goes undetected. Using the same conservative estimates as above tho… that’s still… Read more »
Morons afraid of radiation that is less energetic than what the human body gives off lol. We get it, you’re dumb, you are very, very dumb afraid of bogeymen that are absolutely not there but feel you know some shit. You’re flat earth level stupid Sam!
Wtv you say beta boy. They just wanted to tank 2nd quarter by June everyone should be back to work. And expect federal taxes come up thanks to your leader handing out free money
Go to love Trump crushing Jim Acosta and embarrass him. What a clown
Not as embarrassing as the beginning of this… “sentence?”
Where do you go to love Trump?
Doesn’t matter where or when the Pirates will suck! They have the cheap ass owner who is happy making money losing and until he is gone it just doesn’t matter.
This team has had 4 winning seasons since 1994 that’s pathetic! This tam has had one crappy owner after another and have had talent just no leadership.
Florida governor Desantis not taking Covid-19 seriously.
I always knew Florida people are stupid but didn’t know every one is npl level stupid over there.
Must be the water they drink
Has a picture of a man whose biggest asset is in FLA as his avatar! Special kind of fucken stupid!!!
If it wasn’t for Trump or people from Quebec living. In Florida spending money trust me that place would be worst then the shitholee that actually is.
Now drink your glass of milk that your mom milked from a cow and watch your Lego cartoons that Trudeau prepared for you and rest of the kids.
“Trust me, Florida would suck if people didnt want to move there and vacation there.” Makes sense.
People use Florida winter weather thats about it everything else sucksss such as summer weather, fire ants cockk roaches, alligators snakes, sharks and Fat slobs like you
Lol sounds like you just things bugs are icky. Beta male.
You probably eat them or squash them with your fat ass so it wouldn’t bother you.
So lots of queebs live in FLA? I agree with you… it does suck
Mentally, Sam(e) and DeSantis seem to be on the same page.
Florida people voted for a Republican governor. I agree, theyre not very smart.
Unbelievable. Dr. Fauci getting dead theats by fat Npl and his crew.
Must be Npl’s new boyfriend Joe exotic
Is a dead threat worse than a living threat?
Fuckkkkk UFC 249 just been canceled.
The only event still going on In the U.S is Npl’s mom’s GangBangg events government should shut down immediately
You still have Scott Steiner and your wrasslin’.
Let me guess your favorite wrestler was doink the clown.
Go continue making donuts assshole. Make sure to wash your hands and wear gloves
Doink could beat you up on his worst day.
If we are being real… dink could beat up the sammich on his worst day
Playoffs would have started last night.
CBS caught using fake footage again trying to sensationalize the hospital state in America. Man, the dems know no bounds. Crazy how desperately they’re trying to use the virus to remove Trump. Good thing is that with Biden, they have zero chance.
Even times like this. We all know one thing. Npl and the rest of the DemocRatS still sucks
Why you think they had a better chance with Sanders ? Only in npl’s wildest dreams
I looked that up.. It was an “editing error”… maybe Sam(e) was their editor.
They did it twice. I honestly hope Mark Cuban runs. He’d have a legit shot at winning as an independent. This country could use someone younger.
I’d vote for Cuban but he’s not running. We’ll have to settle for Biden for now. But as we’ve seen these past 3+ years, it could be WAY worse.
Spoken like a true defeated democRat
Now go watch your Crooked News Network
I honestly hope Mark Cuban would buy the Pittsburgh pirates…
Don’t talk politics isn’t that what you said hypocrite.
Good news after 76 days China will be lifting the lockdown from Wuhan. Now virus will be more spread. I’m sure scumbag Trudeau has planes planned to import them here
Trudeau… He Planes planned!
Sams mom spoke moistly before the PM made it cool
Not enough people dying they will send everyone back to work by June to make sure virus is more spread
ESPN should be doing reruns of the Ocho.
With baseball potentially starting in May, wouldn’t be surprised to see hockey in July. It’d be nice to not waste one of the few years left of 87 and 71, especially with the level they’re playing at. Getting guentzel back would be huge. I’d be surprised at anything less than an ECF appearance.
Baseball is starting in MAY !!
I’m afraid hockey an basketball are done until next year….which sucks !!
What a bummer…
Too bad this didnt happen next year when President Biden is in charge. So many lives would have been saved.
Handing out more money like all democRatS and liberals do won’t save more lives
Neither will pretending it’s a big nothing burger, as you were as too many bone heads that you seem to identify with wanted too
Why don’t you go watch your Trudeau’s. Lego cartoon speech that he prepared for you and the rest beta kids
Sam(e), hire yourself an editor.
Ok, better than you trying to speak moistly at me online…
Question? Why are the French so absurdly dirty that they now have over half the countries cases? Fuckk I hope your mom has been using condoms all this time, imagine HIVid-19?… scary how cavalier y’all are with health…
Alberta projects 800k cases by end of summer. Half of them must be the cows
With a death toll of 500-600….
Quebec is projecting as high as 8000 dead… 100% of them frogs! Because queebs are fucken stupid and are the only province that looks to have completely lost control over this lol
We should build a wall around that province… then fill the walls with water lol
Then again I guess frogs swim lol
Another Colorado avalanche tested positive for covid-19. So far there is 8 players in the NHL who tested positive. 3 from Avs and 5 from Sens
Wow. Ottawa is in Quebec. The Avs used to be in Quebec. Quebec is a filthy province with people who arent familiar with proper hygiene. Coincidence???
Well no one at Pirate game would not be new. As for the NHL if you cant have real games lets hit the reset button and start in September for the new season.
WELL SAID…