2019 mlb schedule leaks8/31/2023 ![]() The league is asking players to completely reinvent their deportment for 10-12 hours a day. Especially given how routine and habit-driven athletes are. The micro-level of behavior control it requires, implemented in a matter of a few weeks, seems extreme. While the testing stuff seems almost workable, these protocols seem almost impossible to implement and enforce. They would not be allowed to take taxis or use ride-sharing apps on the road. Players would be discouraged from showering at stadiums after games. So is spitting, be it tobacco juice or sunflower seed shells. High-fives and fist bumps are prohibited. Players would have to stand six feet apart during the National Anthem. The Players not participating in the game would sit in the stands, separated by at least 6 feet. And I do mean “detailed.” There are diagrams of who can sit where and everything in Rosenthal’s piece. The thing is, though, the testing may be the easy part.īeyond the testing are detailed rules about reporting to spring training and stadiums for games, travel, where people can sit or stand in the dugout and multiple other matters. Left as an open question: the ethics of MLB creating and using those kinds of testing resources for an entertainment product at a time when the nation is still behind in the amount of testing we’re doing of the general population. Passan says that MLB could be conducting up to 10,000 COVID-19 tests per week under their plan.Īt the moment it seems like a very tall order to produce that many tests, and turnaround could be an issue early - it could be 24-72 hours before those tested know their results - but I suspect MLB’s use of the private PED lab, and ramp-up going forward, could alleviate that to some degree. The short version: it’s EXTRAORDINARILY complicated.Īccording to the draft plan, a copy of which has been given to the MLBPA but which has not yet been seen by most players, the testing component relies heavily on saliva testing, not the swab-up-the-nose testing, which is considered a far more workable and replicable form of mass COVID-19 testing ( you can read a detailed story about that kind of testing here). The current release - which Rosenthal and Passan detail, but each of which says is only partial - lays out an elaborate testing and safety protocol scheme which is reportedly going to be supplemented before a formal proposal is made. A draft of Major League Baseball’s health-and-safety manual for post-COVID-19 playing has leaked to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic and Jeff Passan of ESPN.
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