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40,000 fans pack into Texas Rangers stadium despite COVID-19 threat

coronavirus in an attempt to get back to “normal.”The Rangers lost 6-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays in front of a full crowd at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Monday, in a state that has aggressively re-opened despite the continued threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tom Brady vows to bring back the Montreal Expos on April Fool’s Day The Rangers announced a sellout crowd of 38,238 — a number that does not include complimentary tickets at the stadium, which has a listed capacity of 40,518.

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California to allow Disneyland, Major League Baseball to reopen amid coronavirus

California on Friday lifted some coronavirus restrictions on outdoor sports and entertainment venues, clearing the way for fans to attend games on Major League Baseball’s opening day and for theme parks like Disneyland to reopen for the first time in more than a year.The rules take effect April 1, but they only apply to people living in California. Baseball teams, event organizers and theme parks are not allowed to sell tickets to anyone living out of state as public health officials try to limit mixing while continuing to roll out coronavirus vaccinations.The San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Angels and Oakland A’s all announced they will have fans in the stands for opening day on April 1.

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Rick Zamperin: Houston Astros pitcher Zack Greinke would rather play without fans

NBA first announced that it was contemplating a plan to finish the 2019-20 season in a bubble with no fans in attendance due to the coronavirus pandemic, I recall Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James being asked what he thought about it.His answer was direct and to the point.“We play games without the fans? Nah, that’s impossible,” James said. “I ain’t playing if I ain’t got fans in the crowd.

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Toronto Blue Jays beat New York Yankees 4-1 to lock up post-season berth

Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 4-1 on Thursday night to wrap up their first post-season berth in four years.Toronto survived a nervous eighth inning as New York scratched out a run off reliever Anthony Bass, who was pulled after loading the bases with his third walk of the frame.Rafael Dolis came on and got pinch-hitter Gary Sanchez to fly out on a ball that Randal Grichuk caught against the wall in left-centre field for the third out.Dolis returned for the ninth and when he fanned Aaron Hicks for his third strikeout of the inning, the party was on at Buffalo’s Sahlen Field.The Blue Jays celebrated near their dugout, with many players putting on T-shirts that read “Respect Toronto.”The Blue Jays (30-27) were in control of their

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Rick Zamperin: Barring a disaster, Blue Jays are going to the MLB playoffs

Toronto Blue Jays are going back to the playoffs, at least, they are unless something extraordinary comes out of left field during the final week of a Major League Baseball season that has been like no other in the 150-plus year history of the game.So, don’t count your chickens before they hatch, right?Entering their Tuesday night tilt against the New York Yankees in Buffalo, the Blue Jays’ magic number to clinch the American League’s second wild-card playoff spot is three.Good Morning! Do you believe in MAGIC? ✨ #WeAreBlueJays pic.twitter.com/zzcrQJ1vXZ— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) September 22, 2020Thanks to baseball’s 60-game sprint — some 102 games shorter than a ‘normal’ regular season due to the coronavirus pandemic — and its

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Rick Zamperin: Coronavirus-shortened season started well for Blue Jays until disaster struck

coronavirus pandemic-shortened season and the Toronto Blue Jays are already dealing with a serious dose of adversity.After winning their season-opening game in Tampa Bay on Friday night, the Blue Jays lost on Saturday and Sunday, the latter of which included more than just a drop in the standings.Closer Ken Giles was forced to leave Sunday’s series finale with right elbow soreness while he tried to close the door on a 4-2 lead in the bottom of the ninth inning, while outfielder Randal Grichuk left in the sixth inning with what the team called a “right SI joint irritation” — a.k.a., a sore back.UPDATE: RHP Ken Giles left today's game with right elbow soreness.— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) July 26, 2020Despite losing the final two games of

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Face masks, empty parks: MLB season opens with coronavirus front of mind

baseball season that was on the brink before it ever began because of the virus outbreak is set to start Thursday night when excitable Max Scherzer and the World Series champion Washington Nationals host prized ace Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees.When it does get underway — the DC forecast calls for thunderstorms, the latest rocky inning in this what-can-go-wrong game — it’ll mark the most bizarre year in the history of Major League Baseball. Pennsylvania won’t allow Blue Jays to play in Pittsburgh A 60-game season, stars opting out.

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Rick Zamperin: Border closure throws Toronto Blue Jays a curveball

COVID-19 pandemic in the United States it’s probably a safe bet the Blue Jays won’t get to play their home games this season in Toronto.It appears Ottawa and Washington are going to extend the border shut down to non-essential traffic for another 30 days until Aug. 21.The current agreement between the two countries is set to expire on July 21, and a recent poll suggest Canadians are strongly opposed to re-opening the border anytime soon.Ontario Premier Doug Ford told Global’s Queen’s Park bureau chief Travis Dhanraj that he wants the border to remain closed for “another 60 days minimum,” calling the rising number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States “staggering.”Canada’s deputy public health officer, Dr.

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Return of MLB season amid coronavirus ‘a disaster waiting to happen’: experts

Major League Baseball player.There’s the doorman he sees as he leaves his hotel, the restaurant staff that serves him lunch, the taxi driver that takes him to the stadium and the security guards who greet him when he gets there — and that’s all before he steps foot into a clubhouse full of players, coaches, trainers and staff. MLB set to return amid coronavirus with new 60-game schedule starting late July Axford, a former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher from Port Dover, Ont., said he wasn’t surprised to hear of MLB’s plan to return with a 60-game regular season.

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MLB set to return amid coronavirus with new 60-game schedule starting late July

MLB tells players 2020 season must be 60 games or fewer A team is scheduled to make only one trip to each city it visits in MLB’s shortest season since 1878.In a twist, the sides expanded the designated hitter to games involving National League teams and instituted the radical innovation of starting extra innings with a runner on second base.The number of playoff teams will remain at 10, though that still could change.The trade deadline will be Aug. 31 and the deadline for post-season eligibility is Sept.

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Rick Zamperin: MLB and players union finally pull their heads out of the sand

Major League Baseball and the players union are suddenly on the verge of a deal to save their COVID-19 pandemic-shortened season.On March 26th, the league offered the players full prorated salaries for playing what would amount to less than the normal 162-game season, and the MLBPA agreed.But soon after realizing that there would be no fans in attendance due to physical distancing protocols across North America, and thus drastically reducing potential revenues, the owners backtracked.The ensuing weeks saw both sides propose and reject each other’s numerous attempts to find some middle ground, a series of volleys and returns that came to a head over the weekend when union boss Tony Clark drew a line in the sand and commissioner Rob Manfred

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Rick Zamperin: The other shoe is about to drop on the 2020 Major League Baseball season

Major League Baseball doesn’t think there is a hope in H-E double hockey sticks that the 2020 season will be played.In my humble opinion, it is only a matter of time before Rob Manfred will be forced to announce the cancellation of the baseball campaign that has already been suppressed by the COVID-19 pandemic.“I am not confident,” Manfred told ESPN, adding that there is a “real risk” the season will be scrapped “as long as there’s no dialogue with the MLB Players Association.” The proclamation from baseball’s highest power is in stark contrast to his stance just last week during the MLB Draft, when Manfred opined that “unequivocally, we are going to play Major League Baseball this year.”So why the sudden about face?[ Sign up for our Health

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Rick Zamperin: MLB, players’ union still not playing ball

Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association.On Monday, the league tabled its latest return to play plan in what has looked like a real-life match of Pong, proposing a 76-game season in which the players would receive 75 per cent of their prorated salaries.Fifty per cent of that total would be guaranteed while the remaining 25 per cent would be delivered upon the completion of the playoffs, but when you break it down, baseball’s latest proposal isn’t much different than what the players’ union recently rejected.Since the start of the regular season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both sides have been sending each other counter-proposals in an effort to play ball, yet, the two sides are no closer now than when they

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Rick Zamperin: The NHL has its plan, but what will the NBA do?

Now that the National Hockey League has outlined how it plans to resume the truncated 2019-20 season during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are now waiting for the NBA to unveil its plans for when the world’s best basketball players return to the court.

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Rick Zamperin: We are one step closer to hearing ‘play ball’ — or are we?

Major League Baseball has unveiled a plan to throw out the opening pitch to its COVID-19 shortened season just before Independence Day.

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Less than 1% of Major League Baseball workers tested positive for coronavirus antibodies

Just 0.7 per cent of Major League Baseball employees tested positive for antibodies to COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.

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Rick Zamperin: 2020 MLB season may start this summer with new divisions

Major League Baseball has become the latest North American professional sports league to spitball a number of options in finding the best way to launch their 2020 season amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COMMENTARY: Who will win in the faceoff between coronavirus and pro sports?

From a “baseball biodome” to pay-per-view fight cards beamed from a secret “Fight Island,” the pandemic-stricken world of professional sports is seeking a way out of the global darkness.

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