Marlins-Orioles game in Miami cancelled due to COVID outbreak in Marlins clubhouse [LOCKED]

Submitted by Bambi on July 27th, 2020 at 9:42 AM

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According to Jeff Passan on Twitter, 8 players tested positive yesterday along with 2 coaches after the Marlins game in Philadelphia. Another 4 players tested positive before the game and were held out of the game, meaning 14 have tested in the Marlins clubhouse have tested positive since yesterday morning.

According to Jesse Rogers of ESPN, not all cases are asymptomatic (link). The Marlins haven't left Philadelphia and are staying there for now.

It'll be interesting to see what happens. Some reporters on Twitter are saying that the season could be in jeopardy. At minimum you'd have to think the Yankees-Phillies game in Philly tonight is in jeopardy since the Phillies just played Miami yesterday and the Yankees will be in the same clubhouse that Miami was. 

 

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crg

July 27th, 2020 at 12:31 PM ^

You are correct to say that the NCAA doesn't govern the playoff.

You are also correct to say that UCF had no claim with the CFP system (which is not what they did, btw).

You are incorrect to imply that UCF had no claim to a NCAA football national  championship.   The NCAA does not "proclaim" anyone to be a football national champion, but they have a short list of other parties/ methods that they do *recognize* as legitimate authorities to proclaim national champions.  The AP and Coach's polls are two of the longer standing bodies, with the BCS and CFP being later bodies added to that list (note that they did NOT supercede the other bodies, but merely joined them).

The year in question, Alabama was proclaimed champion by all bodies/methods save one - the Colley matrix, which is one of the more obscure methods the NCAA  recognizes, but it is still recognized nonetheless. 

Officially, it was a split championship year with Alabama being the consensus champion... which is not a big deal anyway.  A substantial portion of cfb national champions are technically split, which is just the nature of cfb.  The problem is that people view the CFP as a final authority and definitive, which it is not (although ESPN and other entities try to push that narrative).  With some tweaking it could get close, but not as is (it is simply a 4 team invitational tournament run by the NY6 bowl orgs/espn/etc that favors the teams that will give the highest ratings while nominally trying to "fairly" decide whom to include).

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1VaBlue1

July 27th, 2020 at 9:46 AM ^

I suspect MLB is currently dousing that clubhouse in bleach...  The last thing they want is one locker room infecting the entire league.  If the Yanks get infected by showing up, the infant season will be in serious jeopardy...

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blueheron

July 27th, 2020 at 12:03 PM ^

Remember "security theater?" We're now experiencing "hygiene theater." Despite ample evidence that we're dealing with airborne transmission, lots of people (not necessarily you, 1VaBlue1) are obsessed with cleaning surfaces, which makes me think they're stuck in March, 2020.

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mGrowOld

July 27th, 2020 at 9:46 AM ^

I mean if baseball, the most socially distant of all sports by its very design can't make it work,  how in the hell can football?

This really sucks.

Dammit straight to hell.

 

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ak47

July 27th, 2020 at 10:22 AM ^

Baseball failed partly because they didn’t do anything. Players lived at home with their families, etc and the marlins are in dumbass Florida.

it shows doing college football isn’t feasible because you can’t put the teams in a bubble seperate from campuses but the nfl could take a lesson learned and create a bubble if they want to play 

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Teeba

July 27th, 2020 at 12:05 PM ^

It is one element in a comprehensive plan that includes social distancing, more frequent hand washing, temperature checks, limits on size of gatherings, contact tracing, etc.

People want there to be a silver bullet. There isn’t one. We have to do, “D) All of the above.” Sorry if that’s too complicated for simple-minded people to grasp.

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CompleteLunacy

July 27th, 2020 at 2:23 PM ^

It's why I think the NBA and NHL have a chance to complete their attempts at ending the season...moreso the NHL because they purposefully chose cities that have low local case numbers.

And it's why collegiate sports were always doomed. You can't do that in college. 

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Maize and Luke

July 27th, 2020 at 9:47 AM ^

Not good news. I wouldn’t be surprised if this shuts down their season. And if that happens will it have an effect on football? Hope everyone infected has a full recovery.

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ldevon1

July 27th, 2020 at 9:47 AM ^

That Miami in that state where they never shut anything down? Interesting that they could put the whole baseball season in Jeopardy. 

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ldevon1

July 27th, 2020 at 1:01 PM ^

What do you consider a shutdown? Golf courses never closed. Beaches stayed open, with distancing recommendations. There was never a mention of mask coverings until 2 weeks ago. Everything was open other than restaurants, and malls. I was almost stuck down there in April. 

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Harbaugh's Lef…

July 27th, 2020 at 9:58 AM ^

I think the writers who think the season could be in jeopardy could be right, if not for the league shutting it down, cities and states could not allow games to take place due to the travel in and out of MLB cities. This is the same issue the NFL is going to run into. I think the NBA and especially the NHL (in Canada with players treating this as sleep away camp) due to all games being in one or two cities and no one in or out (except a few NBA players already, which could kill that) is going to be the only way we see sports able to continue in the current climate.

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mGrowOld

July 27th, 2020 at 10:06 AM ^

I only see two ways any sport can work right now given how prevalent Covid is in American society:

1: Say fuck it-we're gonna play and if people get sick, they get sick and hope nobody dies.  Alabama high school sports is trying this one.

2: Create a bubble where nobody goes in or out like the NBA is doing.  Unfortunately morons like Lou William's from the Clippers can still fuck up that plan when they decide to visit a strip club when granted permission to attend a funeral.

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crg

July 27th, 2020 at 10:21 AM ^

The risk of death is a small price to pay to enjoy watching sports.  Flying baseballs, hockey pucks, Aussie punters, flaming auto wreckage, soccer brawls/riots, drunks falling off upper decks... and now pandemic disease.

Sports just aren't *fun* if there isn't at least a little risk of fatality for all involved... right?  Builds character.

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Sam1863

July 27th, 2020 at 12:28 PM ^

" ... decide to visit a strip club when granted permission to attend a funeral."

Actually, I think I'd like to have my funeral in a strip club. After all, it wouldn't be the first time I was stiff in one of those places.

 

I'll show myself out.

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