Pilchard
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Anybody else watch ESPN's coverage of Korea Baseball Organization Opening Day last night? Karl Ravech and Eduardo Perez were on the call from their respective homes.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...le-how-watch-teams-korea-baseball-league-more
It was interesting. No fans. Some mascots in the stands. No fist bumps just elbow bumps. There was a home run just inside the foul pole and Ravech and Perez weren't sure what happened because there was no crowd reaction and the hitter took his time before going around the bases.
MLB is studying how the KBL implemented their start. Every player is tracked 100% of the time via their cell. Each player gets a message indicating the location of any person, within a certain distance, who has tested positive so that the players know the locations to avoid. Every player gets his temperature taken upon entering the park. Anyone with the slightest temp above normal is not allowed to enter and gets tested. All umps and non-playing personnel at the park wear masks 100% of the time. KBL has been operating for weeks (they played a pre-season), and no player has tested positive, but S. Korea has a far lower infection percentage and is light years ahead of the US in tracking. Apparently, KBL has said that they will shutdown the league for 3 weeks if a single player test positive. Will see what the MLB construct looks like.
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