All,
This last week saw the Miami Marlins (major COVID outbreak), Philadelphia Phillies (played Miami during outbreak, a couple of positive tests) and Washington Nationals (supposed to play Miami) not play any games.
Over the weekend, the St. Louis Cardinals had all 3 games against Milwaukee cancelled due to a COVID spread.
My question is this: why wasn't the 30-man "taxi squad" bussed into town to replace the big league squad so that the games could still be played? While this would be a competitive disadvantage, it would allow for some scheduling continuity, and could create more stringent protocols.
For example, St. Louis could have had their taxi squad in Milwaukee on Saturday morning, gotten them tested, and had them play a 3 games in 2 days.
This last week saw the Miami Marlins (major COVID outbreak), Philadelphia Phillies (played Miami during outbreak, a couple of positive tests) and Washington Nationals (supposed to play Miami) not play any games.
Over the weekend, the St. Louis Cardinals had all 3 games against Milwaukee cancelled due to a COVID spread.
My question is this: why wasn't the 30-man "taxi squad" bussed into town to replace the big league squad so that the games could still be played? While this would be a competitive disadvantage, it would allow for some scheduling continuity, and could create more stringent protocols.
For example, St. Louis could have had their taxi squad in Milwaukee on Saturday morning, gotten them tested, and had them play a 3 games in 2 days.