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How MLB players, execs and others are facing coronavirus uncertainty
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Sunday, 15 March 2020 08:09
Last Monday, Major League Baseball closed its clubhouses to media members. By Wednesday, scouts were being pulled off the road. On Thursday, an announcement stated that the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks. Before Friday came to an end, spring training operations were officially suspended. And on Sunday, the first professional baseball player -- a minor…
Yanks minor leaguer tests positive for coronavirus
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Sunday, 15 March 2020 10:23
A New York Yankees minor league player has tested positive for coronavirus, becoming the first known baseball player affected by the outbreak, the team confirmed.The player, who did not spend any time on the major league side of the Yankees' spring-training facility in Tampa, Florida, was isolated Friday after he developed a fever."On Friday morning, the minor-leaguer presented with symptoms…
Reds' Bauer stages whiffle ball game for charity
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Sunday, 15 March 2020 06:50
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer played host to a "Sandlot" charity whiffle ball game Saturday night in Arizona.All proceeds were to be donated to support MLB staff members who are out of work while the games have been suspended because of the coronavirus outbreak. Bauer also set up a GoFundMe account that has raised almost $20,000. He has set a…
Olney: When -- and if -- play resumes, MLB must be careful
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Sunday, 15 March 2020 07:18
When the Major League Baseball season is restarted in 2020 -- that is to say, if it's restarted, because it's foolhardy to assume anything under the current circumstances -- the run-up to the first games could be fast and furious, with everyone pushing to get back on the field and open the ballparks.If the games resume in the next month…
Baseball Hall of Fame closing indefinitely
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Saturday, 14 March 2020 16:16
Baseball's present is on hold, its immediate future is uncertain and at least one major part of its storied past will be temporarily inaccessible.The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, announced Saturday that it will close to the public indefinitely, beginning Sunday, at 5 p.m. ET in response to the current global crisis surrounding the…
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