Play Ball!

"Some doctor was on the news this weekend and said this virus will be with us until the end of time - or until we get a kick butt vaccine. I am routing for the vaccine. This shelter in place crap is for the birds. Now let's play ball!"

As strange as strange can be, it gets even stranger this time of year not having some baseball on the tube. Heck, not only the tube, not being able to go out to the ball park. Right now we have nada. That is, unless you mind re-watching games from yesteryear. Or - South Korean baseball. Wait a minute - how in the heck can the Koreans be playing ball? Don't they have the virus also? Yes they do, and yes they are.

Okay. What if we did that also? Played ball like they are doing in South Korea? What would be missing? For a starter - us. And this:

"Take me out to the ball game,

take me out with the crowd -

Buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks,

I don't care if I ever come back..." 

South Korea is playing in front of empty stadiums. From the sounds of it, when or if baseball starts up again in our country, we will be doing the same. I guess the old expression "half a loaf" comes in. Better than nothing. And we have been told, our farm clubs will NOT be playing this year. So much for developing future stars.

I understand that each one of our ball players has been tested for antibodies. There was good news and bad news. The good news is only 1% of those tested have shown they have been exposed to COVID. The bad news is, there goes any possible immunity should the virus attack a clubhouse. 

If we think baseball is going to be strange being played in front of an empty stadium, we better get used to it. Sounds like the NFL will also be doing the same. In fact, the NFL has already released their schedules for this year. The Vikings will start off their season playing the Packers. But the first huge game played will be the Bucs (with Brady) playing the Saints (with Brees). Crowd or no crowd, that game could be a barn burner. 

Basketball and Hockey the same way this year? Played, but no fans in the stands? Would not surprise me. In Korea right now, as well as China, the numbers are starting to pick up again for infections. Some are wondering if this is another wave of this crap. If it is, even our "half a loaf" might turn into nothing. As much as we want to return to some kind of normalcy, this virus might rule the day.

I am hopeful though, that it will not. Some doctor was on the news this weekend and said this virus will be with us until the end of time - or until we get a kick butt vaccine. I am cheering for the vaccine. This shelter in place crap is for the birds. Now let's play ball!