MLB looking for venues other than stadiums to play in during covonavirus outbreak

[Dennis Donovan]

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Exclusive: MLB hopes to avoid playing in empty stadiums. Instead, the league is working on a plan to find alternative sites for the teams most affected by the outbreak.

https://on.wsj.com/2Q2NsZp
WSJ News Exclusive | MLB Wants Alternate Sites, Not Empty Stadiums, If Coronavirus Disrupts Season
MLB is working on a plan to find alternative sites for the teams most affected by the coronavirus outbreak.


7:05 AM - Mar 11, 2020

Can someone explain their logic to me?

[secondwind]

1. There won't be many alternative sites. nt

[hlthe2b]

2. Well, without in-person audience, it seems like any high school field would do...?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. They don't want to play in an empty stadium, because opening up a stadium costs a lot of money.

Playing in front of smaller crowds in smaller stadiums could be a lot of fun, or imagine if a game showed up at your local high school. But no matter where they end up, they’ll draw a crowd. It’ll be interesting to see where they land with this.

[Dennis Donovan]

4. Okay. That makes sense

[htuttle]

5. Find a corn field

[Dennis Donovan]

6. If they build it...

We get Shoeless Joe back!



(a mere year later, he was beating Billy Bats to death )

[jmowreader]

8. Joe Pesci beat Billy Bats to death, not Ray Liotta

Billy was flipping Tommy a lot of shit about being a shoeshine boy, so Henry was trying to hold Tommy back because he didn’t want anyone - especially a made man, like Billy was - getting killed in his bar. Finally, Tommy and Jimmy killed Billy.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

9. They actually do plan to play a game there this year.

Might as well move it there for the entire season.

[htuttle]

12. I think the whole country would find that very calming

The part of the country that watches baseball, anyway.

[C_U_L8R]

7. Switch to synchronized swimming in pools of Purel?

[Javaman]

10. Opera houses. nt

[RT Atlanta]

11. Opportunity for public high school stadiums

To potentially help and make some $ for their school districts.