Good
morning.
Jon Heyman - @JonHeyman
Beautiful tribute to Anthony
Cherí Golub - @cherigolub
To many Anthony Causi is a
famous photographer but to me he’s my lifelong friend who picked up his 1st
camera when we were 12 & students at @twain239. He was larger than life
& loved his wife & children with all he had. This world will never be
the same.
Mike Vaccaro - @MikeVacc
Anthony J. Causi was gifted, gregarious and owner of one of
the grandest hearts many of us will ever know. That heart was stilled Sunday.
His impact, and his many kindnesses, will last forever.
Mack – My prayers go out to Anthony’s family,
especially his Uncle Joe that I worked with back in the day.
Garrett Broshuis - @broshuis
To
MiLBers (and others) re the $1200 stimulus check from the gov't: if for some
reason you didn't file a tax return in 2018 or 2019 (maybe your income was
below $12,200), your payment may be delayed unless you go to the IRS's website
to enter your info: https://irs.gov/coronavirus/non-filers-enter-payment-info-here
John Sickels - @MinorLeagueBall
We don't even know if people who get
sick then recover become permanently immune. Given the behavior of other
coronaviruses like the various common cold bugs, it may not be possible to be
permanently immune.
Bottom line: without an effective
vaccine, this event must fundamentally alter the way our entire society works.
This is a civilization-changer, but whether that is for better or worse, it is
far soon to tell. This is the biggest stress test for the world since 1945.
Trying to think of something positive
to say about baseball. Got nothin'. Even
if they get the MLB season going in empty stadiums in Florida and Arizona, I
don't see how the minor leagues reopen anytime before July and maybe not at all
until 2021.
But that ties into my general
pessimism about the pandemic itself. Without an effective and
widely-distributed vaccine, which is at least a year away. I don't see how
reopening the economy can be done without killing thousands and thousands of
people in waves of infection.
John Sickels - @MinorLeagueBall
I agree, no minors this year is the
most likely outcome. Honestly, I haven't focused on the draft at all. Seems
pointless.
ChefCarlCasperVEVO
- @GoddTill
i
don't think we're getting minor league ball this year.
Who
should the Tigers take at 1-1?
Mike White - @mwhiteburgh
American
Legion baseball is played after the high school season. But today, American
Legion officials canceled the entire season for all of Pennsylvania because of
coronavirus.
It's a very strange period when major league players are competing in simulated online games, folks indulge their fantasies of how things might have gone if the games were played and minor leaguers who barely survive as it is will see their compensation coming to an end. At least today MLB decided to pay their own employees some money between now and the end of May by taking a 35% cut from the executives' multi-million dollar salaries.
ReplyDeleteSad state of affairs. What if they start playing games under extreme restrictions and a few guys get sick anyway? Who quarantines? The players would need daily testing, at a minimum.
ReplyDeleteNY is still drastically short of testing capacity. It is more important to get NYC semi-operational than restart baseball. I highly doubt I have ever had it, but would love to get tested to really know. A functional NY is critical to critical to the US economy reviving.
Reese, wealthy baseball players should GOFUNDME for their minor leaguers brethren.
ReplyDeleteI think the majority of minor leaguers think MLB is suggesting they participate in the lesser know GOF*CKME.
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