After a decision from state politicians banning large gatherings through September, the Boston Red Sox aren’t expecting to welcome fans to Fenway Park this season, according to team president Sam Kennedy. (more…)
Tag Archives | 2020 MLB season
Reds player tests positive for COVID-19
A Cincinnati Reds player has tested positive for the COVID-19 viru, as MLB has another challenge to the 2020 season with games canceled tonight and tomorrow. (more…)
MLB exploring camera tech to monitor face-mask usage at ballparks
There’s nothing at all creepy about MLB teams reportedly evaluating the use of cameras to monitor fan behavior when fans are allowed back into ballparks, as if the remote scanning of people happens every day. (more…)
MLB looking at playoff scenarios, including a bubble at a neutral site: report
MLB is mulling several scenarios for managing the 2020 playoffs, including setting up a bubble environment and playing all the games at a warm-weather single site, as the specter of losing a competitor to a COVID-19 outbreak is looming over postseason planning. (more…)
MLB returns to Buffalo–after 105 years
With the return of Major League Baseball in the form of the Toronto Blue Jays playing its 2020 home opener at Sahlen Field, it will be the first time a major-league team has called Buffalo home since 1915’s Buffalo Blues. (more…)
More Cards game postponements on the way
With the Pittsburgh Pirates delaying a team flight into St. Louis and a three-game series at Busch Stadium finally postpone by MLB Sunday night, the St. Louis Cardinals‘ 2020 COVID-19 nightmares continue. (more…)
Cards-Cubs series postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests
The St. Louis Cardinals can’t quite shake the COVID-19 virus, as three positive tests from two players and a staffer causes a postponement of tonight’s game at Busch Stadium against the Chicago Cubs as well as Saturday’s and Sunday’s games. (more…)
New MLB COVID-19 rules: face coverings in dugouts and more
After two COVID-19 outbreaks among MLB teams that wreaked havoc on the schedule, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred issued new mitigation protocol rules that include mandatory face coverings in dugouts during games, a reduction in the size of traveling parties and more. (more…)
After more COVID-19 positives, Cards-Tigers series postponed
After additional positives for COVID-19 among St. Louis Cardinals players and staffers, the upcoming four-game series against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park has been postponed, with the traveling party confined to Milwaukee. (more…)
More Cardinals positive COVID-19 tests threaten series, 2020 season
A second-straight postponement: Tonight’s St. Louis/Milwaukee game at Miller Park has been postponed, as four more members of the Cardinals traveling party have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, while Commissioner Rob Manfred lays out options with players and broadcast partners if the 2020 MLB season is scrapped. (more…)
Phillies-Blue Jays series postponed after COVID-19 positives
The Philadelphia Phillies/Toronto Blue Jays weekend series set for Citizens Bank Park has been postponed, as two more Phillies employees tested positive today for the COVID-19 virus. (more…)
Marlins season suspended; MLB scrambles to reschedule
MLB has suspended the 2020 Miami Marlins season after four more players tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, leaving officials scrambling to reschedule games. (more…)
Manfred: Game postponements sign that COVID-19 measures are working
With at least three games postponed after a COVID-19 outbreak among Miami Marlins players and coaches, Commissioner Rob Manfred said baseball’s coronavirus mitigation protocols are working exactly as planned, with officials anticipating a situation like this. (more…)