2020 MLB Season: Baseball in a COVID-19 world, a blueprint

DETROIT, MI - JULY 05: A detailed view of an official Major League Baseball with a surgical mask placed on it sitting on the dugout during the Detroit Tigers Summer Workouts at Comerica Park on July 5, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images) /

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For the 2020 MLB season to continue, protocols simply need to be enforced.

TWO – Once baseball implements a league-wide rapid testing system for the 2020 MLB season, it must also enforce a rule which states that any team that does not produce up-to-date test results prior to a game, must forfeit the game.

This will provide teams with the incentive to opt-in to the Viviature and Diamond Physicians or any rapid testing system. It also will provide league-wide peace of mind when it comes to playing under these current conditions.

In case you’re wondering, yes! If this type of rule is to be enforced, the Miami Marlins would have to forfeit all of these games being postponed against the Baltimore Orioles.

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Unfortunately, given the current conditions, a zero-tolerance policy will have to be enforced, even if it costs teams a game. Perhaps then players, coaches, or any staff members will take the protocols seriously and such outbreaks will be avoided.

No player, coach, umpire, or staff member should have any doubt about their current status regarding this virus, especially when they are free to live their lives outside of the ballfield in a country that has ZERO control of the virus.

THREE – Health and safety protocols regarding mask-wearing, celebrations, high-fiving, social distancing should be strictly enforced. Anyone who violates these rules and protocols should be suspended until two negative tests are produced.

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