Sports is now on the precipice-Miami Marlins Covid

[Scott Dierking]

4 players tested positive yesterday, 8 more today, along with 2 coaches.

Can't see how sports will be played, outside the bubble.

[HawkeyeJet]

Florida, man.  Florida Man.

[SAR I]

A few players testing positive won't bring sports to a halt.  But if an entire team has to forfeit games for weeks because of a major outbreak, that could do it.

In the end, players can't live without p****.  If they could, a bubble might work.

SAR I

[Losmeister]

no one could have predicted this....

[Irish Jet]

What in the world is going on over there?

Sport all over Europe pretty much went off without a hitch - most soccer leagues have just finished up.

Just copy the Germans. Always copy the Germans. Post 1940's that is.

 

[nico002]

Ok so 10 players out of how many on a roster? Cant they bring up some AAA guys? I dont see this being a doomsday scenario unless the team literally can't field a roster...

[southtown24th]

on the precipice...of...????????

[bla bla bla]

6 minutes ago, nico002 said:

Ok so 10 players out of how many on a roster? Cant they bring up some AAA guys? I dont see this being a doomsday scenario unless the team literally can't field a roster...

I'm sure they have farm teams they can pull players from but this is nearly 50% of their active roster plus 2 coaches.

[playtowinthegame]

Miami contact tracer is going to be busy notifying some dancers at the strip clubs. 

[JustInFudge]

Game cancelled:

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/marlins-orioles-game-canceled-due-to-covid-19-outbreak-resulting-in-at-least-14-cases-per-reports/

[talisaynon]

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What the **** did they think was going to happen? Manfried is a ******* tool.

[JustInFudge]

9 minutes ago, Irish Jet said:

What in the world is going on over there?

 

It's this thing called Covid-19, a coronavirus.  Pretty serious stuff. 

 

[Lurker89]

6 minutes ago, southtown24th said:

on the precipice...of...????????

Fun.

[Scott Dierking]

8 minutes ago, southtown24th said:

on the precipice...of...????????

Being cancelled this year.

[Mogglez]

I don't f*cking get it man.  How absolutely mind-numbingly stupid are people down there?

[Matt39]

10 minutes ago, nico002 said:

Ok so 10 players out of how many on a roster? Cant they bring up some AAA guys? I dont see this being a doomsday scenario unless the team literally can't field a roster...

It’s the reason they have the expanded rosters. Sports media panic/jubilation to be expected. They’ll continue to play.

[Philc1]

11 minutes ago, nico002 said:

Ok so 10 players out of how many on a roster? Cant they bring up some AAA guys? I dont see this being a doomsday scenario unless the team literally can't field a roster...

It’s actually not that bad.  Baseball normally has 25 man rosters for a reason 

[Scott Dierking]

3 minutes ago, playtowinthegame said:

Miami contact tracer is going to be busy notifying some dancers at the strip clubs. 

Marlins were in Philadelphia, and earlier played Atlanta in an exhibition game.

[Philc1]

1 minute ago, Scott Dierking said:

Being cancelled this year.

Well if you look at the Red Sox and Mets it might as well be cancelled

[Irish Jet]

2 minutes ago, JiF said:

It's this thing called Covid-19, a coronavirus.  Pretty serious stuff. 

Yeah because that's purely an American thing. 

[Matt39]

Just now, Mogglez said:

I don't f*cking get it man.  How absolutely mind-numbingly stupid are people down there?

Does NY not have mirrors? Subways were left open. Compare the mortality rates between states. Enough with this.

[Scott Dierking]

Baseball is a pretty much soclally distanced game.  How do you extrapolate what this can do to a football team? Rapid spread.

[JustInFudge]

2 minutes ago, Irish Jet said:

Yeah because that's purely an American thing. 

Did you really not catch the sarcasm?  lol

[Mogglez]

3 minutes ago, Matt39 said:

Does NY not have mirrors? Subways were left open. Compare the mortality rates between states. Enough with this.

I live in a state that isn't stupid and is now one of like, 3 that have it under control.  NY is irrelevant to me.

[Philc1]

3 minutes ago, Irish Jet said:

Yeah because that's purely an American thing. 

988 people in Japan died of coronavirus vs how many here?

[SAR I]

1 minute ago, Mogglez said:

I don't f*cking get it man.  How absolutely mind-numbingly stupid are people down there?

It's why a bubble is the only way this works.  Marlin players might all be doing the right thing but all it takes is a benchwarmer's lazy cousin who comes over for a beer and a few nachos and there you go, chaos.

There is an entire swath of the population in the MLB 18-26 year old sweetspot who can't put their social lives in check.  It's going to hit the NFL as well.  No bubble, no guarantee of safety.  That applies to the rest of us too, no?  In the State of New Jersey I am legally allowed to have a gathering of 99 people if I want.  Do I think that's safe?  Of course not.

SAR I

[JustInFudge]

5 minutes ago, Mogglez said:

I don't f*cking get it man.  How absolutely mind-numbingly stupid are people down there?

It's exclusive to Florida now?  

 

[Matt39]

Just now, Mogglez said:

I live in a state that isn't stupid and is now one of like, 3 that have it under control.

What qualifies as stupid? Contracting the virus?  Give me a break with this. 

[Matt39]

Just now, JiF said:

It's exclusive to Florida now?  

 

sh*tting on other states is always silly, but good lord the northeast has zero room to talk about anything here.

[Scott Dierking]

1 minute ago, Philc1 said:

988 people in Japan died of coronavirus vs how many here?

Please, try to leave political overtures out of this. This comment isn't necessarily political, but it will drive it that way.

[Philc1]

1 minute ago, JiF said:

It's exclusive to Florida now?  

 

Have you seen the stats coming out of Florida?

[SAR I]

1 minute ago, Mogglez said:

I live in a state that isn't stupid and is now one of like, 3 that have it under control.  NY is irrelevant to me.

It isn't under control.  Millions have vacated Manhattan for the summer.  Tens of millions are working from home.  Camps are closed.   When the kids go back to school and families say, screw it, might as well go back to the office, it's all over. September is going to be awful, October takes us back to April, just watch.

SAR I

[Matt39]

Just now, Philc1 said:

Have you seen the stats coming out of Florida?

Yes. What’s the mortality rate currently?

[thebuzzardman]

IB4TL

Because the lock, you know it's coming

 

[Scott Dierking]

Just now, thebuzzardman said:

IB4TL

Because the lock, you know it's coming

 

Yup. Sad.