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04-08-2020, 07:55 AM | #21 |
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04-08-2020, 11:15 AM | #22 |
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Florida has the 3 NFL Stadiums,College Stadiums,Cracker Jack Stadium in Orlando,the Trop,where the Marlins play,Spring Training homes/Florida State League Stadiums and so on.
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04-08-2020, 11:36 AM | #23 |
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I was hoping for your take on this.
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04-08-2020, 11:41 AM | #24 | |
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vs Florida where they are separated by much greater distances. Some places 3+ hours away. I don't think the number of fields to play on is the main issue.
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Upvoted for intruders comment, but not $30M comment. No amount of money is worth the "sacrifice" these players are being asked to make to entertain the fans, and line the owners' pockets. It's disgusting. Pure and simple.
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04-08-2020, 07:02 PM | #27 |
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Here's an idea (that'll never happen because the owners are dicks) MLB owners. Why not help out substantially in the relief efforts? There's so much you can do with a small chunk of the $10+ billion that you pull in every year from people that could really use your help right now. You wouldn't come off looking like such tone deaf, greedy assholes, and it would be greatly appreciated. The PR would be hugely beneficial to you (and let's face it, you need all the good PR that you can get right now), you'd be able to take pride in having helped get North America through this, and then when baseball started up again, you'd be seen in a completely different light than if you move forward with this cash grab nonsense. *Thinks about it and laughs hysterically because this will never happen*
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But, people dying because of baseball adds to the doom and gloom. It's not about the billionaires. It's the about the millionaires Thousandaires And minimum wagers who are putting their health (including mental if they are also to be quarantined for months) at risk. |
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Unless the players have some underlying medical condition exactly what risks are they taking? I have actually had the coronavirus thanks to contact with a family member that was one of the college kids that still decided to spring break. I was sick for about 2 weeks with symptoms that could easily be described as the flu on steroids. I didn't hardly move from my bed, but by the 7 or 8th day I was feeling pretty ok and by the 14th day didn't feel bad at all. It sucks and its an inconvenience but its not worth passing up a MLB paycheck for
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Some sports really are coming with some crazy ideas that can only be because of how much money they're scared of not making.
Yeah, Augusta, hoping to play the Masters in November, I'm looking at you too
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Good enough? Also, not everyone is effected the same by viruses because the amount of the virus (the viral dose or viral load) matters a lot. This is, of course, difficult to study since it's hard to measure how much of a virus a person was exposed to, and exposing people to controlled amounts is generally considered unethical |
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No not good enough. The comment I responded to asked about the risks to baseball PLAYERS. so that's what I responded to. Thanks for trying to make it about something else.
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These arguments seem familiar. Have we met before Mr. Two Post Wonder?
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Second, I don't know about you, personally, but I, as a person capable of feeling empathy, would feel terrible if I were to be responsible for infecting another person, be it a friend, family member, or complete stranger, with this disease. That's why, you know, I'm staying home. Not just because I don't want to get sick myself, but because I don't want to take the risk of infecting 1, or 100, or 1000 people. I'm trying to mitigate that risk. That's the reason for...gestures at the entire world...all of this. So, yeah, a risk to the baseball players, er, PLAYERS, is that they might infect other baseball PLAYERS, or any of the low-wage workers who are part of this idea who, in turn, could infect someone from the community at large. Quote:
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And the importance of viral dose is fairly well-known thing to educated people, so I pretentiously present a study from the National Institutes of Health Quote:
I assume these will suffice to, if not satiate, at least activate, your curiosity on the topic. I look forward to hearing your, no doubt, profound thoughts on these articles. Not that cardsfan needs it, as I have zero doubt the previous articles are clear as day to them, but for the rest of us mere mortal thinkers, the first article finds that people in hospitals who are sicker have more of the virus in their bodies. The second finds that as fruit flies, that have a genetic immunity to a specific virus, receive higher doses of the virus they die more often. That said, we should keep in mind that different viruses interact differently with the human body. We don't know that much, yet, about how these factors affect people's health in regards to covid-19. And since we don't know, we should take care not to take risks that might infect ourselves or others. Last edited by CBeisbol; 04-10-2020 at 04:18 AM. |
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Just been listening to the ATL Braves podcast 755 is real. Sounds as if the Arizona plan is more real than some have let on. Luke Jackson of the Braves talks about a memo that came from the MLBPA with all the guidelines that would be in place. He is down for playing it sounded like and him and ex Brave Eric O'Flaherty make it sound like a lot of players would be for financial reasons.
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You don' t want to discuss the low wage workers To you they don't matter. Well I'm going to mention them. Its kind of like Texas Lt Gov. Dan Patrick's idea where he acknowledged old people were at extra risk from coronavirus. But he said open up the economy anyway, the old folks should be willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the economy. After all, they're not that useful any more anyway. And you treat low wage workers the same, the idea that they'll never accomplish much so they don't matter. Have to wonder, if we're going to provide safety based on value, what are we going to do with people sitting at home getting medicaid and drawing a government disability check? Maybe we ought to draft them to be the at risk fans in the park. |
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Do announcers and extra media people even have to be in the stadium? Yes, i know camera operators would and probably someone to trouble shoot mics and cameras. Who would you really need besides the normal traveling party for a team, and the camera operators and their support? and Umpires, but those could be cut down too since it sounds like they are planning to use robotic strike zone so who else out of the "low cost workers" are absolutely needed? |
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Security, whoever is tranporting the teams to and from the hotel... Last edited by CBeisbol; 04-10-2020 at 11:52 AM. |
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