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#PlouffeBomb: Regular Season Starting July 1?
Hosken Bombo Disco replied to Vanimal46's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
It sounds like Minnesota’s governor would be open to baseball here. The Twins could let a California team play its home games at Target Field? -
NBA expecting to need 15,000 tests to resume, for 30-35 essential personnel per team: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29119309/inside-nba-urgent-decisions-tries-finish-season https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-expects-to-need-15000-coronavirus-tests-to-restart-season-amid-pandemic-033746053.html So that’s a peek under the hood for the NBA. Subject to change obviously. No idea if that’s doable—I will hope it is, but it’s not doable yet. I’ve always assumed the NBA will just go directly into their playoffs when they return (so, 15,000 tests for 16 teams). My ballpark estimate would be each MLB baseball team will have twice as many essential personnel as an NBA team, and the NFL twice as many per team as MLB. To say nothing of colleges and leagues on down.
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Subject to change, of course. But some very good news.
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With the caveat: subject to change. But some good news.
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I’ll just say that what we are doing right now is vastly better than the alternative. Honestly, I am on your side. There are no good answers. What worries me is when people (not necessarily on this forum) suggest that we need to stay in indefinitely or until we can get vaccinated or tested for antibodies. I don’t think people can hold out that long and it doesn’t seem productive to go down that road without at least offering some solutions or ideas or hope.
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I’d actually say that prolonging the misery isn’t a warning of what will happen if we stray from the policy path we are on, but instead is actually the goal of the policy. Prolonging the misery, flattening the curve, it’s the same thing to me, practically speaking. I agree with you that I appreciate having Walz in charge. Loosening some of the early restrictions is the right thing to do. For example, I don’t see any reason to ban golfing (disclaimer: I don’t golf, I don’t plan to golf, nor am I involved in the golf business or culture). Golf is an outdoor activity and people can easily stay spaced apart, it offers some exercise and something to look forward to. Bravo, Governor Walz. It’s not going forestall the economic destruction on the other side of this and social effects that will follow, but at least it will give a few people a way to pass the time and put a few more back to work.
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I think instead of counting on people to be irrational, and keeping people fearful to leave their homes indefinitely, it’s time for public health officials to start educating. How is the virus transmitted? What do we know at this point? Another poster earlier talked about holding his breath. I wonder if breath and breathing the same air in enclosed spaces is the key. Does whoever said that have any thoughts?
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Other things aside, vehicle fatalities have not dropped, but possibly increased. From an April 9th article: There have been 24 fatal crashes in Minnesota since March 16, when Walz’s initial imposition on commerce took effect, through Tuesday, according to the state Office of Traffic Safety. For the same time period last year, the fatal crash total was 12, with 13 in 2018 and 16 in 2017. https://m.startribune.com/fatal-crashes-surge-despite-sharp-drop-in-traffic-across-minnesota/569473872/
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“check swing on the fastball / they say Yes he did” You are a natural at this!!
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Also, a Tyson pork plant in Iowa. https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Tyson-Foods-says-2-dead-from-COVID-19-outbreak-at-Columbus-Junction-plant-569680951.html
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Latest treatment idea: flip patients face down, on their bellies. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/health/coronavirus-prone-positioning/index.html
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This was my first game, and I really enjoyed it.. it was fantastic and I totally invested myself. It was a tough way to lose too. But the pitching was a huge bright spot. I will be checking in regularly and I hope the season keeps going! I forgot, is there box scores or play by play logs?
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Nothing about educating the public on how the disease is transmitted. Maybe the WHO will revise their recommendations and send out an updated list soon.
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I am talking about empty stadiums to start out. Maybe in 2021 or 2022 we can start talking about letting fans back into stadiums, unless the players want to sit out those seasons too. At which time I doubt many of them they will not have jobs to come back to anyway. Another poster raised this issue in another thread somewhere. It’s questionable how much owners will be able to pay players like they did before. I see this as more than playing baseball games. Players would not be doing this just for themselves and their families. Games will lift the public’s spirits. Broadcasts could provide education during breaks. Supporting workers would have jobs to go back to. Yes it will look very different. But I actually think the players have a chance to be leaders on this. All for the length of a short military deployment and the willingness to accept a little bit of risk, and an additional two week quarantine after their season ends, just to be safe.
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I agree with the poster’s overall message. We cannot let this choice be one-or-the-other, where either we gather as we did before and are careless about the virus, or we cancel life as we know it, and lock ourselves up in our homes for 12-18 months minimum.
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That’s about three months of games, not even the length of an Air Force deployment... (joke)
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Peeps, after sheltering in place for a month:
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Companies are ramping up production on test kits.
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The next question would be if I could get you to change your mind. If the number of people in Priority Group 2 (the athletes and workers who support them) is just a tiny fraction of the number of people in Priority Group 1, and we collectively decide that there is a potential greater benefit to having a sports league going that outweighs others considerations, then can we reserve some tests for the sports leagues so they can operate and give us something to rally around as they have often done in the past. I know it looks like I’m prioritizing the well-off over the less fortunate. But I have always been an advocate for workers and poorer families in normal times and in a non-broken system we would already be helping those get through this terrible time to the maximum extent possible. However, as I think through this, I do think some of the people in your first priority group need to get tests and benefits ahead of any athletes or before any leagues start up again.
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No, that is not a priority list. You are just listing professions. I agree they all should be tested but if there are a limited number of tests, you will still to need to prioritize within that list.
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I can live with that answer for now—but ask me in a month or two. (Agree, May is a pipe dream.)
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I disagree that MLB is being borderline unpatriotic for thinking about how to play their season. And remember, the season is going to look wildly different. They are not trying to make it the way it was before. For some of the demands you require, MLB may decide they are better off entirely without. (For example, while players obviously need to eat, I cannot see how interaction with food workers would be necessary.) I agree testing capability will play a big part. I personally think health care workers should be a top testing priority, but after that, I’m not sure. If you are not going to prioritize professional athletes for the tests, who would you prioritize?
