We don’t need a lot of things we are doing without right now.
Think about all the luxury and indulgence that has become normal for us.
No, we don’t need them – but I feel like it is OK to want them.
Plenty of things in life we want because, well, they simply allow us to lead a more enjoyable life.
That’s it. That’s the story. That’s what they do for us.
That’s where baseball is for many. Not a need, but a want.
That said, it is perfectly OK for you to want it back right now. Don’t feel guilty about any of that. You earned it. You earned the right to sit back, crack a beer and watch a game if your life permits.
All the games will take place there at various venues.
All the players and participants will be housed in secured hotels.
Travel will, in essence, be limited to and from the ballpark.
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And, oh yes, there will be no fans. There will also be automated ball and strike calls, players will be made to sit not in the dugout but six feet apart in the empty stands and no mound visits will happen. They will try like hell to socially distance while playing a team sport.
Know what? I’m in.
Under one very big condition: That the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and/or the National Institute of Health and/or some agency of the like tells me that it is safe.
I just need to hear it from the health experts.
To be quite honest, I think one (if not more than one) of those agencies probably already feels this is safe if word leaked out about a plan even if it is still in the infancy of being planned and then implemented.
My true thoughts on that is, in a capitalistic society, it often works out where the people or entities with the most money have the fastest access to the best health care.
This would be no different.
Fair or unfair, like it or not, that’s just how it works. Rich people get the most and best stuff. I mean, that’s how it is --- insert man shrugging his shoulders emoji.
And if Major League Baseball wouldn’t buy those tests, some other company with the means would swoop in and grab them in an effort to get their business back up and running --- insert another man shrugging his shoulders emoji.
Again, though, that would only be the case if tests aren’t widely available to just about everyone by the time baseball was set to convene in Arizona. The thought is those tests would be pervasive by that point.
Either way however, the business of baseball is the business that baseball players are in.
Are many of the players super rich? Yep. They sure as heck are. And they earned it. They are the absolute best in the world at what they do.
They are also people who want to get back to their job.
If the medical people who know a ton more than we do deem it safe for them to get back working, I can’t see any reason why there shouldn’t be baseball. Whether it is in a bubbled atmosphere with no fans and basically a quarantined set up or in traditional form. If it is considered safe, why not?
Baseball isn’t a need for American society but it is a want for many. Really, any live sporting events are a want for many right now.
If baseball can be done safely, I’m not seeing any reason why it shouldn’t be.