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  1. “We strongly encourage people who are 70 and older, regardless of their health status, or people of any age who have any of a number of underlying medical conditions ... it is time now to take this guidance to isolate yourself and to really pay attention to those social distancing recommendations and really to reduce the amount of interaction,” Jan Malcolm, the state Health Commissioner, said during a news conference Sunday. Limitations on the nation’s capacity for coronavirus testing means there’s “much we don’t know about the potential degree of community transmission,” Malcolm said. http://m.startribune.com/three-of-minnesota-s-35-covid-19-cases-were-spread-person-to-person/568813892/
  2. South Dakota, as of March 14: In South Dakota the Health Department reports nine people have tested positive, 182 tests have come back negative and three tests are pending. North Dakota, as of March 14 The state's total number of tested cases is 86 negative, and one positive with six pending. https://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Updated-Covid-19-numbers-for-North-Dakota-South-Dakota-and-Montana-568807481.html
  3. Not to mention all the office co-workers and snowflakes who “for some mysterious reason still care about the wellness of their fellow human beings and are doing what’s in their power to help.” So now that you and I have closed the circle on this, I will plead guilty to taking part in finger-pointing and will ask everyone to stop with it, or at least do so artfully, constructively and compassionately.
  4. Let us also recognize all the stubborn old men, coughing and in poor health, coming straight off the cruise ships and out of the bathrooms without washing their hands, who wheezily wish to explain to you in your face that you can’t believe everything you hear on the teevee.
  5. Governer Walz has announced the closing of Minnesota’s K-12 schools, beginnning Wednesday. Briana Bierschbach, Star Tribune: On Sunday, the governor announced that Minnesota now has 35 cases. One of the new COVID-19 cases occurred in south-central Minnesota's Renville County, making it the first in a largely rural county, the state Department of Health said. The state also has its first case affecting a teenager, in Dakota County. While investigations of each case are ongoing, there is no evidence yet of community transmission of the virus from one person to another within the state, said Kris Ehresmann, infectious disease director for the Health Department. All patients so far appear to have been infected during travel to high-risk areas or by contact with infected travelers, she said. Twenty of the 21 patients are recovering at home. One remains hospitalized in critical condition. http://m.startribune.com/minnesota-schools-will-close-for-eight-days-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic/568812082/
  6. Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune: The state’s 21 confirmed COVID-19 cases are based on 868 tests, mostly by the state’s public health lab, of saliva or nasal samples from people with suspicious symptoms. Ehresmann said the state has limited testing capacity now and has been prioritizing testing of sick patients with relevant travel histories. http://m.startribune.com/covid-19-count-in-minnesota-rises-to-21/568800182/
  7. Also, have a video of the Mets singling their way into a 9-2-6-baserunner-3-2 double play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-FQeuVXKDs
  8. You’re asking me? The NBA season was almost over (about 80% complete) and to boot, playoff spots weren’t really up for grabs either. MLB is in a different spot.
  9. A second Jazz player returned a positive test. The way the first player reacted, being apparently healthy and asymptomatic and acting out in anger, I’m going to guess that the team (or whoever) released the results without the player’s permission, and wouldn’t that be a breach of confidentiality? Helps me to speculate that these sports teams/leagues aren’t necessarily handling this properly.
  10. I feel our public officials should be telling us: Be smart. Take precautions. Take this seriously. It’s ok to stay home for a while. We’re here for you. Instead of cancelling social life for us, and all the panic and effects of that. Sure it’s more complicated than that, but that’s the essence of it for me.
  11. Empty stadium baseball would seem preferable to all parties than no baseball.
  12. Scary but reasons to be hopeful. Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune: “The five positive cases were identified out of 222 COVID-19 tests, including roughly 100 that the state's public health lab processed just Tuesday. Once people have tested positive, Ehresmann said, they have complied with isolation orders and received support from county public health workers to remain comfortably at home. The fourth and fifth cases were discovered through testing Tuesday and involved a Ramsey County resident in the 30s age range, and the Olmsted patient in the 50s age range. Both are recovering.”... http://m.startribune.com/minnesota-s-fourth-covid-19-case-confirmed/568704992/ The Strib appears to be making its local COVID-19 coverage open access, so good on them.
  13. We’re almost halfway through Grapefruit League, and you are just getting to this now??
  14. A fascinating story in the Athletic about the rodeo career of Mason Saunders, a free agent pitcher the Twins took a brief look at this offseason. https://theathletic.com/1629527/2020/02/23/meet-mason-saunders-the-secret-rodeo-identity-of-madison-bumgarner/?amp#click=https://t.co/6QrefhUO6G sub req Also, WTF
  15. Good catch, gunnarthor. I agree that’s where those belong. The site has undergone a couple minor changes recently. I just moved the article on #5 prospect Balazovic, so functionally it is still possible for us to move those articles. Let’s see what others say.
  16. Turns out I watch a game here and there, but my television isn't loyal to Fox Sports North during the baseball season Somehow I got all the A answers correct, but only one other in addition to that.
  17. You are making people choose between the Yankees and White Sox? Who’s the real Philistine in this example? Seriously though, I don’t want to see #7 seeds in the MLB postseason. If MLB wants to add more teams to the postseason, they will have to reduce the schedule, as other posters have been saying. What do you think about an NFL style postseason? Or letting the highest seeds play all the first round games at home? I think something needs to be done in your scenario to confer more advantage for the team that won 110 games during the season over the team that only played .500 ball all year.
  18. I want to see it. also, my draft reshuffle was just an idea. I would also say it’s not as “dooming” as you suggest. It only moves the top picks around a bit. The worst teams still get high picks, but the promise of the top one or two picks is removed. My idea also offers a nice consolation to the last team that misses out on the postseason (on the final day, for example).
  19. I’ve been thinking about tanking for the draft. You could set the following season’s draft order something like this: 1. Final team eliminated from postseason play the previous year 2. Lottery selection among worst records previous year 3. Second to last team to be eliminated from postseason (Twins in 2015 were this team) 4. Second lottery selection of worst record 5. Third to last team eliminated 6. Worst record of teams remaining 7. Fourth to last team eliminated or Wild Card losers 8. Next worst record of teams remaining And so on, or something like that, instead of guaranteeing the top pick to last year’s worst record.
  20. Looks like another example of fixing something that’s not broken. Expanding to seven teams is lol funny. Higher seeds selecting their opponent is intruiging, though.
  21. I’m hearing Luke Raley too, which makes it make more sense
  22. Obviously the deal with the Red Sox was better, but getting Maeda is the key. Dollar for dollar a very good deal for the Twins, in my opinion.
  23. I don’t think it’s as simple as a Graterol-Maeda swap if the partner is the Dodgers. Maeda being more valuable that Graterol, in my estimation.
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