{"id":16543,"date":"2020-03-23T20:33:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T00:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=16543"},"modified":"2020-03-24T10:26:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T14:26:55","slug":"so-what-the-heck-do-we-talk-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=16543","title":{"rendered":"So…. what the heck do we talk about?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Its been a whirlwind few weeks, I tell you.<\/p>\n

With today’s announcement that Virginia schools are now closed for the rest of the school year<\/a>, I thought i’d chime in.\u00a0 Virginia was not the first state to take such drastic measures, but certainly won’t be the last.<\/p>\n

We’ve already had the NCAA shutter all spring sports, including baseball and the far-too-early-but-now-seemingly-sensible cancellation of the College World Series in June.<\/p>\n

We’re also basically at a point where its likely that all prep sports around the country will be cancelled as well.<\/p>\n

Its amazing.<\/p>\n

I’ve covered the CWS for years, covering prep baseball in the DC\/MD\/VA areas is an annual tradition; not in 2020.\u00a0 There’s nothing.<\/p>\n

My son’s little league?\u00a0 Probably gone.\u00a0 He’s in a critical development year in the 7-8yr old range; this will set back his class for years to come.<\/p>\n

So, now the question is … when do you think MLB will return?\u00a0 Will it?\u00a0 Do you think we’ll be past this crisis by the all Star Break in mid July?<\/p>\n

If this stretches into August … and the players need a 4-week spring training … what time is left?\u00a0 Would you run a season for a month and a half?<\/p>\n

There’s all sorts of articles about service time, negotiations ongoing, etc.\u00a0 To take a simple example: what would you do with\u00a0Mookie Betts<\/strong> and the Dodgers if the season goes poof?\u00a0 Both sides have pretty decent arguments:<\/p>\n