Entire Baseball Season to be Played in Arizona?

[Doheny]

Looks like consideration is being given to playing the entire season in AZ. Games would be played without fans, and teams would SIP in their hotels when not playing or practicing. Could start in May.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlbs-plan-to-have-30-teams-in-arizona-might-be-most-viable-path-to-2020-season-report-says/

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[MurdaJ]

Well they have a **** ton of facilities available

[jarhead714]

Well they have a **** ton of facilities available

Only two of which has a roof....and one’s made for football so there would be a an outfield fence at like 250’ or so.

[HighWildFree]

Could get a little warm.

[jarhead714]

Could get a little warm.

Still better than playing outdoors in Arlington, Texas during the summer months.

[M76]

Cactus League the whole season!

[MurdaJ]

Could get a little warm.

Gonna be a lot of night games

[The War Wagon]

I will NOT be attending Pirates games there.

Auto racing has gone to the video game format. Why not play the MLB season "OLD school?"

[Sousuke]

Wouldn't make much difference to me. I'm a Cardinals fan and watch about 120 or so of their games a season. Because I'm not in their market, I only get to see a game or 2 in person anyway (when they come to San Francisco or I am in Saint Louis on a trip.)

[Rakso]

Looks like consideration is being given to playing the entire season in AZ. Games would be played without fans, and teams would SIP in their hotels when not playing or practicing. Could start in May.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlbs-plan-to-have-30-teams-in-arizona-might-be-most-viable-path-to-2020-season-report-says/

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What's baseball?

[Sousuke]

What's baseball?

Liberal!!

Get him out of here Get him out of here!!!


HAHA just kidding.

[seal20]

Might as well put the final nail in the coffin for that sport....DO IT!!

[Powder_Keg]

What's baseball?

BAN!

That’s an interesting idea, because the normal stadiums back home would not be making any revenue for some time. They won’t be selling tickets, so no revenue from that either. Just TV rights I guess with commercials. MLB is just buying time by starting the season isolated in AZ, hoping things get better and then shifting everyone back to a normal MLB travel schedule.

[zhyla]

How does tagging someone out work if you need to be 6 feet apart?

[Sousuke]

How does tagging someone out work if you need to be 6 feet apart?

When they first posted this (which I wanted to say was about a week ago), they said part of the plan would be to isolate all of the players and staff for the season. Not sure if that is still in their plan or not, but if the MLB population were separated from the general population, you shouldn't need to worry about distancing. Of course all these people would have to be away from family for months then.