When we get baseball again, what will baseball be?

[dougdirt]

When we get cricket again, what will cricket be?

Baseball. It'll be baseball.

[westofyou]

When we get cricket again, what will cricket be?

A googly

[marcshoe]

Oh, don't be a silly mid-on.

[BCubb2003]

If there’s something to be thankful for in all this, it’s that we’re not currently packing into GABP and about to explode the transmission of the virus even more.

[mth123]

So, India is going to be going under "total lockdown" for the next three weeks.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/...094240568.html

How does locking down one minor league player help?

[dougdirt]

How does locking down one minor league player help?

Only one way to find out.

[RedEye]

In China their basketball leagues are starting back up. By that model your prediction of no MLB this summer is overly pessimistic

I could see them doing baseball live-streams or something like that. There might be other options.

I think that with our half-hearted approach to containing the virus, we’re in for a much bigger spike of illness, many more deaths, and a much longer recovery period.

The other thing about China — it’s a risk. They may be quite likely to have another outbreak because of re-opening the economy. Fortunately, they also have a highly organized method of mitigation to fall back on if they stumble.


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[RedEye]

What profession is the high school kid from Seattle in?

Apparently I missed any reference to a high school kid from Seattle.


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[North]

Oh, don't be a silly mid-on.

How's that!

[Kingspoint]

Why so hesitant to accept modeling data from some of the world's most renowned epidemiologists? Scaling in terms of population without a doubt indicates this virus spreads very fast with devastating consequences for high risk segments of the population. That, along with the fact that this is a novel virus for which there is no vaccine nor therapeutics available (certainly none with any clinically backed trials) makes COVID-19 a truly devestaing illness.

We need to understand where this is heading. We need to accept that in order to mitigate the spread we all will have to make sacrifices. Most of those sacrifices will be seen as severe. Also, the length of "going without" will certainly exceed these next few weeks and next few months.


http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-persp...istancing-much


We owe it to both ourselves, those most vulnerable and our collective future to adapt (for the foreseeable future) to this new reality. I understand the anxiety. I understand the frustration and downright fear, but those emotions must not interfere with the maximum effort that needs to be put forth in order to mitigate the spread and impact of this disease.

Never mind the fact that the virus mutates every time it goes from one host to another. Six months from now, it's likely we are looking at a different version of the virus. There already are multiple versions.

[Kingspoint]

What about giant tournament of 7-game series? Each League has a 16-team tournament with the Winners meeting in the World Series. It's like a golf, darts, bowling, NCAA, or any other tournament. One team gets a bye (the 1 seed), and all 16 seeds are just like any pool tournament, random selection. The most any one team plays is 42 games. This could happen even with an August 1st Start date. It would be exciting. I'd watch it.

[westofyou]

Apparently I missed any reference to a high school kid from Seattle.


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This young man

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...ial-type=owned

I was just funning ya anyway

[Road Pop]

i Just read that if it’s mutating it’s doing it slowly.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...outputType=amp

[Ron Gant]

Never mind the fact that the virus mutates every time it goes from one host to another. Six months from now, it's likely we are looking at a different version of the virus. There already are multiple versions.

Yes, that is a good point in terms of mutation among rapid community spread. I also think it is imperative to realize that when mutation happens that it rarely, if ever, results in the virus becoming "deadlier".

Mutation, espically among novel viruses, revolves around combatting possible detection/pharmacological intervention and not virulence.

Regardless; I hope we can at least recognize and appreciate the fact that we as a society are dealing with the most significant health crisis this country has seen in 102 years.

https://www.historyofvaccines.org/co...-and-evolution

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2766323/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj...us-11583528742

[Redsfaithful]

i Just read that if it’s mutating it’s doing it slowly.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...outputType=amp

For people who don't click the article, this is really great news, if true, because it means a vaccine would be long lasting, like the measles vaccine.