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Speedway is getting off easy this year.

Not worried about the record, just the comparison.

Has any other season felt hopeless 4 games in?

And our hitters need a tee.

2019 O’s had the highest ERA of the past decade at 5.59. We’ll see if the Sox can stay under that.

^^^

IDK, sounds like the crowd is still cheering to me.

Hot damn. Could test negative for 2 weeks.

Never been so happy to see Hembree.

This a bullpen game now? Thought Godley was going to pitch.

Springs is all over the case and missing location. Bad.

Didn’t miss anything good, seems like.

The Hunger Games: MLB2020

1. Andrew Benintendi LF 2. J.D. Martinez DH 3. Rafael Devers 3B 4. Xander Bogaerts SS 5. Mitch Moreland 1B 6. Christian Vazquez C 7. Alex Verdugo RF 8. Jackie Bradley CF 9. Jose Peraza 2B

^ should provide tonight’s mojo

You still here? Not sure what November has to do with the Red Sox this year.

ERod, dum dum. Freddie Freeman thought he was going to die. Take your right wing talking points back to the political thread please.

The Marlins learned Sunday morning that their starting pitcher for the afternoon and two other players had tested positive for COVID-19 and would be unable to play. An apparent coronavirus outbreak was underway in the visiting clubhouse at Citizens Bank Park and the Marlins responded by asking their shortstop to determine if the game against the Phillies would be played. The operations manual says that after a player tests positive for COVID-19, the club must conduct contact tracing to identify the individuals who had close contact with the infected individual. The Marlins flew together to Philadelphia from Atlanta, traveled by bus to a Center City hotel, traveled by bus to the ballpark, dressed in the clubhouse, and sat in the dugout. It could be easily argued that every Marlins player and staff member came in close contact over the weekend with the infected players. If so, the operations manual says those individuals should be quarantined or isolated pending the results of an Expedited Diagnostic Test, which the Marlins received Sunday morning. Instead of quarantining and thus postponing Sunday’s game, the Marlins played a 3-hour, 44-minute game against the Phillies and then learned Monday morning that eight additional players had tested positive. Oopsie!

@Rotoworld_BB Yankees/Phillies game postponed Monday

@ByJamesWagner The Yankees’ game tonight in Philadelphia, where the Marlins just wrapped up a three-game series, is under consideration for a postponement or cancellation, as well.

Seems kinda smart, actually.

@JonHeyman Phillies visiting clubhouse is being fumigated “50 different ways” with Marlins there all weekend as a Yankees prepare to go in there. Phils-Yanks hasn’t been canceled yet but it’s a possibility.

Also, the Yankees are set to use the same facilities that the Marlins just used. Would a similar outbreak of Yankees players make you less than thrilled about continuing the season? What if Judge had the symptoms ERod is showing?

I think the concern is that this is the opening day weekend and Marlins are already out 12 guys. The chance this spreads to other teams is fairly likely. I don't think the additional player pool was meant to completely replenish the MLB team during an outbreak. It was just meant to function as a larger 40 man squad since the MiLB season was to be cancelled. If Manfred knew that 12 Marlins would get COVID less than a week into the season, he would have either cancelled the season or would have tried the bubble strategy.