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The Pussy Boss posted:Players travel across the country for work, passing through airports, hotels, and sports stadiums full of fans, workers, etc. They aren't quarantining in any meaningful sense, and its lovely to blame people for catching a highly contagious disease. the Nats had to travel from Florida to Washington, it's not exactly "across the country", especially when you consider that 29 other teams managed to move out from ST without having anyone infected and most of them had to go a lot further than DC they're staying in covid-secure hotels at both ends, using private transport, and I don't know if you've been to a ball game ever but the amount of contact between players and fans was really loving limited even before covid The Pussy Boss posted:Also its news to me that the vaccine is universally available now. I'm still on a waiting list. ...did you miss all the news articles about the players getting the vaccine early? turns out when you're a billionaire sports owner it's pretty easy to lay your hands on a few hundred shots for your guys Julio Cruz fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Apr 2, 2021 |
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Sydin posted:Because the vaccine has been available to players for a while now, I honestly didn't know this. Got a link? Julio Cruz posted:...did you miss all the news articles about the players getting the vaccine early? Genuinely, yes. Mind posting some?
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Julio Cruz posted:the problem is that forfeiting just isn't on the table since both the owners and the players will hate it and Manfred is much too weak to do it unilaterally, I'm trying to come up with something that's a disincentive towards ignoring all the safety restrictions while also trying not to put anyone else at risk Tinfoil hat time: MLB tried to have another season with less games and a later start to the season (presumably hoping stadium capacity would be higher and they'd save some dough on ~25% capacity games for a month) the players told them to gently caress off, and we know from the Rotary Club incident that this was "embarrassing" for owners/the commissioner's office. So the reason why the league hasn't pushed harder for vaccination or consequences for protocol breach is they want this poo poo to happen, and for multiple reasons: 1. A game postponed now is played much later, hopefully when owners can have more paying butts in seats. 2. It makes the players look bad, ownership can say "hey we wanted to start later but oh no players just had to insist on a full season, and now look at them flaunting protocol." 3. If the season is seriously impacted by players catching COVID after they made a big stand about how they thought existing protocols were fine, it gives MLB more leverage in the upcoming CBA.
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The Pussy Boss posted:Players travel across the country for work, passing through airports, hotels, and sports stadiums full of fans, workers, etc. They aren't quarantining in any meaningful sense, and its lovely to blame people for catching a highly contagious disease. It depends on your state I think. Colorado just opened up to general public recently(or maybe next Monday? all I know is that I'm getting
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Maddon said the Angels were already over the 85% threshold so I'd expect other teams to be held accountable if they are having to force postponements due to this poo poo a year after it began honestly.
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The Cardinals have also reportedly reached 85%+ vaccinated.
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The COVID talk reminded me that I was looking up how Andrelton Simmons did yesterday and found this gem https://twitter.com/Andrelton/status/1375504270452260869 I knew he had said some anti vax nonsense a while back but c'mon man
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Julio Cruz posted:especially when you consider that 29 other teams managed to move out from ST without having anyone infected and most of them had to go a lot further than DC Wait a week. Also the first team on a long homestand to have players going to massive gathers, strip clubs, etc. and getting COVID is right around the corner. I think the most surprising thing is that, given it happened for this series, it wasn't the Mets' fault. 
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Johnny Bravo posted:The COVID talk reminded me that I was looking up how Andrelton Simmons did yesterday and found this gem He's got a terminal case of brainworms: https://twitter.com/bmcdev/status/1375510528131440642
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Bregor posted:Wait a week. Also the first team on a long homestand to have players going to massive gathers, strip clubs, etc. and getting COVID is right around the corner. I mean yeah that's my point, at this point it's essentially impossible for MLB teams to have an outbreak if they're following the protocols properly, so someone somewhere in the Nats organisation must have been doing something they shouldn't have been
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Whoa. https://twitter.com/jareddiamond/status/1378057821003071488
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if it doesn't come with a press release stating why this will be kinda silly IMO, but I imagine it will e: and if it does, it could be really good!
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No Safe Word posted:if it doesn't come with a press release stating why this will be kinda silly IMO, but I imagine it will https://twitter.com/EvanDrellich/status/1378058286939901956
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Bring it to Wrigley
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Poque posted:Bring it to Wrigley It's going to Texas or a state that has 100% capacity open, I guarantee.
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https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1378059802077753348 This is probably what is happening I'd guess, seems like a good idea anyway
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ahahahaha gently caress Georgia and gently caress the Braves
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The 2020 All Star Game was supposed to be at Dodger Stadium but didn't happen of course, so just move this year's game there.
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LA got 2022 already because of that. Parker Molloy is an idiot
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edit: beaten with press release. This is really good but I need to hear from the best fans in baseball first
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Good for MLB. gently caress Georgia and their bullshit.
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Poque posted:LA got 2022 already because of that. Parker Molloy is an idiot
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Poque posted:LA got 2022 already because of that. Parker Molloy is an idiot Because the AS game location is an immutable thing that is set in stone and can't be changed over a year in advance 
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kensei posted:It's going to Texas or a state that has 100% capacity open, I guarantee. Texas is the process of passing its own version of the Georgia voting laws. I don't think MLB wants to do this twice, so I'd say Houston and Arlington are out. My guess would be Milwaukee. Part of the hype for the ASG in Atlanta was honoring Hank Aaron, and Hank played in Milwaukee for a while as well so they'd still be able to do that plausibly.
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LA makes the most sense though I wouldn't be surprised if it was Texas with their shiny new stadium and fresh voting restriction legislation efforts. This is MLB we're talkin about. E: fb
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saintonan posted:Texas is the process of passing its own version of the Georgia voting laws. I don't think MLB wants to do this twice, so I'd say Houston and Arlington are out.
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https://twitter.com/Alden_Gonzalez/status/1378059313629908992 Looks like LA 2022 is still the plan so back to speculating everyone! e: it would be hilarious for them to announce Arlington and then have the TX lege do the same law (spoiler: they're already in the process of doing so!)
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lmao get hosed Georgia.
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Julio Cruz posted:ahahahaha This but as a Braves fan, serious bonus that it takes away their white flight reward
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They were planning a celebration of Hank Aaron so they might move it to Milwaukee.
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Ratedargh posted:They were planning a celebration of Hank Aaron so they might move it to Milwaukee. Move it to Minnesota and honor Kent Hrbek.
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soggybagel posted:Move it to Minnesota and honor Kent Hrbek. Ok let’s pump the brakes a little
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:*sad chopping noises* Ratedargh posted:They were planning a celebration of Hank Aaron so they might move it to Milwaukee.
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No Safe Word posted:https://twitter.com/Alden_Gonzalez/status/1378059313629908992 Dunedin 
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Poque posted:Bring it to Wrigley For the reasons of not wanting that poo poo in my neighborhood, I have to disagree. Any other year I'd be down. I mean, not last year either, but you get me. It's bad enough now. Wife said she saw literally dozens of unmasked yahoos going past the apartment. I am not amused, gently caress you Rickettses.
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