St. Louis Cardinals sidelined with COVID
More postponements.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Positive coronavirus tests with the St. Louis Cardinals have postponed their game against the Milwaukee Brewers, a source tells ESPN, confirming the <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeyman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jonheyman</a> report. Unclear how many, but to this point positives had been limited to teams in the East. Now in the Central, too.</p>— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1289199060138758144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
Are they even going to be able to finish this season?
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I honestly don't know. We have three games postponed tonight now due to COVID.
And that doesn't even include that St. Louis just came from Minnesota, and the Twins are now in Cleveland. Probably going to have to keep an eye on the Twins and Indians now. |
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cardinals?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cardinals</a> are remaining in their hotel room, have no plans going to ballpark today. They have been instructed into self-isolation, per source. Confirms <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeyman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonHeyman</a> report <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brewers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Brewers</a> game vs <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/stlcards?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#stlcards</a> ppd got today. News soon <a href="https://twitter.com/stltoday?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@stltoday</a></p>— Derrick S. Goold (@dgoold) <a href="https://twitter.com/dgoold/status/1289198462110535686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So, per source, the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cardinals?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cardinals</a> for now have been told that, if the rest of the team tests negative (and I haven’t yet been told how many positives they had), the series with the Brewers will start on Saturday.</p>— Mark Saxon (@markasaxon) <a href="https://twitter.com/markasaxon/status/1289203974336200706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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If MLB's plan was "shut down any team that has a positive" than they shouldn't have even started the season back up. Players were getting this during lock-downs. Players were getting this before the season opened. Players are GOING to get this because MLB didn't attempt to isolate them outside of the ballparks. Players getting COVID was inevitable and if they simply planned on locking down any team that had a positive test, they shouldn't have bothered. And that goes for every single one of these major sports. Accept occasional cases as an inevitability or don't bother. This is ridiculous. |
Wonder how many tested positive. Been a handful of teams have 1 or 2 guys have to sit out for symptoms/positive tests but didn't have to postpone their games. Have to imagine a decent number tested positive here.
This season is just a disaster. Half the league going to be looking at doing 2 weeks worth of those 7 inning double headers if they want to actually finish the season at this rate. |
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Rumor has it these idiots were at Whistling Straits yesterday on their off day instead of at the hotel...
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Well the Cards bats apparently have AIDS so this isn't a surprise.
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You guys are seriously bitching about the players being outside on a ****ing golf course? :facepalm: |
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This makes football less likely?
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I really think the problem with baseball is all the travel.
Fights, buses, hotels... Franky the golf course is the least of my concerns. I thought I read that NFL teams were going to fly to and back from road games on the same day. Anyone know if that's true? |
You know how to make players take it seriously?
Your team forfeits the game if your team has a positive test. In most cases, this is a responsibility to the team issue. |
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Baseball teams can be in multiple cities every week. The Cubs and Reds sat around a club house for 8 hrs yesterday waiting out weather. Not smart. I really think baseball needed to do regional bubbles or something. I know that's really difficult, but all this travel is going to undermine MLB. |
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Football will only have to travel 8 times
It doesn’t compare to baseball |
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The direct, lineman on lineman, WR on DB contact, no way. |
Over/under on whether Belicheck knowingly allows a defender/player to play with COVID to infect the other team??
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Based on what I’ve seen there hasn’t been a case of spread happening outside in well ventilated areas
You know like a stadium ? |
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We will soon see if the bubble approach will work better with the NBA and the NHL.
If it does, the NFL could go with that approach. The chance of having fans in the stands is looking less likely. Have the teams play in a couple of places. There are many places in the US that have multiple places for teams to trian and practice in the area around an NFL stadium. |
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Cmon NFL....institute a bubble. and do it now.
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The nfl can’t do a bubble. Too many moving parts
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NBA and NHL can do it because it's just playoffs, for season play a lot of guys would opt out because being gone from family for 5-6 months isn't an option for them.
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Grown ass men can't keep enough social distancing, wash hands, and whatever else to the point that the teams playing are suspended.
But school... school should open right up. :thumb: |
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They’re gonna have to be personally responsible when they’re out of the complex |
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Plus the amount of people it would take to be in that bubble to make it work just isn’t possible |
As expected, no Phillies players tested positive but staffers who mingled with Marlins staffers did get it.
Playing the game is not what is doing this. I keep seeing guys in the dug out sitting by each other without masks on and that is in plain daylight. I know it's a team game, but have places to sit, plexi glass between them, and no locker rooms for all the players. Travel separately. If that's what it takes, thats what it takes. It's really not that hard, but we are social species. |
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The Chiefs video about their preparations makes it very clear how half-assed the MLB is doing all of this. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lqQfVR-qKAQ" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
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Come on guys
There are differences between MLB and the NFL. Some of those differences are advantageous and others are disadvantageous. There are reasons to believe that there will be some sort of an NFL season. There are reasons to believe that there will not be any sort of an NFL season. There is one thing that we all hope though. That hope is that there will be an NFL season. |
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Pablo just sent a load to the moon
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It seems to me that he just thinks there will not be an NFL season. :shrug: |
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Biggest issue will be having leadership basically tell them you’ve gotta bubble yourself when away from the facility. I’m sure the teams have people who can go to the store for you and that kind of stuff. The families will be the hardest part. But the nfl can’t do the nba bubble. How would they have a place big enough for the whole league and film crews and officials and everything? I don’t see how it could work Officials in the nfl have jobs other than football. I’m curious how they’re gonna figure that out |
And in other news...
17 cardboard cutouts of fans have tested positive for COVID-19. |
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We are down to 1 active unresolved case as of this morning with 2 people waiting precautionary test results that will likely be negative. We have never shut down through it all and are using masks and social distancing etc...for mitigation. Play ****ing baseball, and football for that matter. |
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Either way, if they don't do it in a bubble it won't work. They don't even need to wear masks in the NBA bubble, even though many do. |
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Sounds like the Commish could pull the plug on Monday if things don't improve.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...l_twitter_abcn |
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So, per source, the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cardinals?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cardinals</a> for now have been told that, if the rest of the team tests negative (and I haven’t yet been told how many positives they had), the series with the Brewers will start on Saturday.</p>— Mark Saxon (@markasaxon) <a href="https://twitter.com/markasaxon/status/1289203974336200706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Moving training camp to the teams practice fields. Canceling meaningless pre-season games are not sacrifices that are going to result in playing a whole season. They could go play 4 games in a bubble. Give the team 2 weeks off. Go play another 4 games, two weeks off etc. extend the season. That’s just off the top of my head. |
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Who is making these decisions? |
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