The MLB could have done it. Early on, they could have been the one US sport when everyone was at home hoping for something, ANYTHING, moderately normal. They could have taken more risk-reduction measures like limiting travel to a few hub cities only and clumping series together. Stronger mask requirements, crew/player isolation, and c…
The MLB could have done it. Early on, they could have been the one US sport when everyone was at home hoping for something, ANYTHING, moderately normal. They could have taken more risk-reduction measures like limiting travel to a few hub cities only and clumping series together. Stronger mask requirements, crew/player isolation, and contact tracing. Instead we get a poorly-designed season destined to be halted midway, unsatisfying games and broadcasts, and a players association and ownership group both more irritated than ever before.
Oh yeah, and players/coaches/staff/families getting sick and dying. Was all that worth it for like a month's worth of subpar baseball?
The MLB could have done it. Early on, they could have been the one US sport when everyone was at home hoping for something, ANYTHING, moderately normal. They could have taken more risk-reduction measures like limiting travel to a few hub cities only and clumping series together. Stronger mask requirements, crew/player isolation, and contact tracing. Instead we get a poorly-designed season destined to be halted midway, unsatisfying games and broadcasts, and a players association and ownership group both more irritated than ever before.
Oh yeah, and players/coaches/staff/families getting sick and dying. Was all that worth it for like a month's worth of subpar baseball?