Coronavirus and the 2020 Season (Season Postponed, pg3)

[InvincibleCakeEater]

I don't get this. They played in 1918 and 1919. Full seasons as far as i know.

What don't you get?

[Joe Shlabotnik]

That MLB and minor league ball were playing in front of crowds (as far as I know) right through a pandemic that was more lethal than this one. How many players died? Any studies done on infection rates impacted by the playing of mlb at that time? If it happened, I've never read about it.

It's interesting how different the responses are.

[JoeMcKim]

There is just no way to make minor league baseball profitable in the current situation. Minor league baseball doesn't have television deals and holding the games just to hold the games has no way of producing revenue. So why you go through all of the current hoops to avoid spreading COVID if you're just holding games that no one will ever see.

[Jocephus]

fwiw

[InvincibleCakeEater]

That MLB and minor league ball were playing in front of crowds (as far as I know) right through a pandemic that was more lethal than this one. How many players died? Any studies done on infection rates impacted by the playing of mlb at that time? If it happened, I've never read about it.

It's interesting how different the responses are.

Players and coaches died. Like a lot of them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_in_baseball#Deaths


And oddly enough, they were more careful about the pandemic a hundred years ago than people are today.

[go birds]

huh? a lot of players and coaches died? from the spanish flu? i count 2 according to your link. and 1 of those was while serving in WW1

here's a link that goes into a little more detail: https://baseballhall.org/discover/1918- ... e-baseball

oddly enough, according to your link, babe ruth contracted the spanish and with a little treatment (prolly booze and hot dogs), he recovered in a week.

it's also notable, the average life expectancy was about half what it is today though.

it was just a much different time then.

[Donnie Ebert]

Cardinals under consideration to face the White Sox at Field of Dreams event in Iowa

[heyzeus]

i wonder how long til we have a schedule.

[tlombard]

i wonder how long til we have a schedule.

I heard them say on 101.1 that the schedule will be out early next week and that it's most likely that the Cards will open at home.

[Swirls]

Any news on when fans would be allowed to start attending games (if at all)?