MLB Needs to Call it Quits

I know Kate, it's shocking...But really, is it? 

Back in May Kate and I asked if the MLB could SURVIVE COVID? I had very little hope that they could....Kate though, she's always optimistic...

Dancing and smiling....

But as nearly half of the Marlins active roster has tested positive along with some of their staff...and 13 St. Louis Cardinals players and staff have tested positive...Over 20 games have been postponed, because with these outbreaks the teams that just played these COVID riddled teams have to sit and wait for an all clear on their tests...It's clear MLB and the MLBPA did not prepare for this and did not take COVID as seriously as some of them portrayed...Instead, in typical MLB fashion, the owners and players spent all their quarantine/lockdown time bickering about money... 

And then there is the Nationals Juan Soto who was finally cleared to play after testing COVID positive in mid-July...MLB's policy is a player needs 2 negative tests in a row to be allowed to be activated...Soto has said he had at least 2 negative tests the same day as his positive...One report has him testing negative 6 times with a couple positives sprinkled in between...With that information, it looks like the MLB has some piss-poor testing...Is each team using the same tests? 

And while I'm asking questions, why the fuck are pro-sports getting all this free, rapid response testing, yet most school districts have no testing for their staff and students, and many hospital staff and first responders have limited testing for themselves, when they are on the front lines dealing with this shit and trying to save lives?

COVID is going to continue to spread through MLB because they didn't think shit through and didn't bubble shit up...The NBA has their single bubble and so far, they are doing well...The NHL has their two bubble system, both bubbles in Canada which has handled COVID better and has a smaller population...The NHL has had ZERO positive tests since their restart...By the way, I hate sports without the crowd, but we take what we can get...

But again, I ask why are sports so important that they are getting all the testing and PPE and disinfectants that they need, but us regular folks can't find any Clorox wipes in the stores, and hospitals are still scrambling to get everything they need?

Ok, say we move on from talking about the COVID shit show spreading through MLB...Let's talk about some of the other shit they have done that in my opinion makes this horse-shit 60 game season a fake season...

1. It's a only a 60 game season...No real...All you dam purists that preach about the marathon of baseball can't like this... 

2. Doubleheaders days, the games will only be 7 innings long....Fucking weak! This isn't Jr. High Softball, it's Major League Baseball....

3. Extra innings starts with a runner on second...WTF!?! Did a Elementary school Gym teacher come up with this shit!?!

I know Kate, they're weakening and dumbing down our beloved game! And I know you are hoping I don't mention the Astros as your man is one of them right now, but....

And then you have the whole damn Joe Kelly thing...As everyone knows by now, MLB and this dipshit commissioner Rob Manfred suspended Joe Kelly 8 games (which in this 60 game season is equivalent to 22 games) for not hitting anyone with a pitch...For an offense that received no warning and no ejection...Because he threw near 2 Houston Astros...Houston Astros that were found guilty of cheating and received no suspensions at all...If you actually watch the whole inning, he had no control at all...I get Manfred not wanting pitchers head hunting a bunch of cheaters, but you what did you think would happen when you didn't hold them accountable...And this isn't "Minority Report" yet...You can't suspend players for crimes they haven't committed yet...

This COVID version of Baseball sucks...Manfred sucks...The greedy owners and players suck...This MLB season is fake and nothing more then trying to grab some money, on both their parts...I've already called it quits on this bullshit season...MLB will have to if more players go out to casinos (yeah, talking to you Cardinals) and if they can't control how it's spreading among teams...

Sorry Kate.