MLB considers playing all the games in Chase Field - Phoenix

[rufus dog]

I get playing games in Phx, since half the teams have training facilities there. But why only Chase field.

All of the teams located in AZ also have Spring Training Stadiums throughout the Valley. Why not use those facilities if you aren't playing in front of fans?

Sure the teams would have to travel a bit more, but we are talking a 45 minute bus ride at most. They would have to stay in hotels so why concentrate everyone downtown. Even if lodging is the issue there are a half dozen Spring Training facilities within 20 minutes of Downtown Phx.

https://crooksandliars.com/2020/04/mlb-considers-playing-all-their-games

[ChazII]

1. I live close to the Giant's

spring training field. I look forward to the responses you get as I would like to learn more about this topic.

[rzemanfl]

2. Hundred degree plus days? n/t

[rufus dog]

12. Night games

I get playing multiple games in Chase. But you could survive for a couple months playing night games.

[rzemanfl]

15. I grew up a Cubs fan, long before lights at Wrigley.

I still consider it a daytime sport.

[rufus dog]

17. I agree with you

On a side note, went to Chicago in early 2000s and thought, what the hell is with all these Bush fans!

Then figured out the W was for WIN!

[rzemanfl]

19. I attended the University of Wisconsin long ago. For eight long years I did

not wear my hat with the big "W."

[Blues Heron]

3. why are they carving out an exception for themselves to the quarantine?

Seems downright dangerous and a terrible example to the country. How can we expect people to stay home when these guys are out playing and raking in $$$

[Journeyman]

4. Chase has a retractable roof. The others might be a tad too warm for Summer sports . . .

Average temperatures in Phoenix in July are between 104 and 107. Could play at night, but minimum temps are between 81 and 84 (and that's after midnight).

[lapfog_1]

5. are all the players going to wear N95 masks?

Everyone going to use an alcohol wipe on the bats and balls?

What about social distance in the club house?

And June in Phoenix (and July and August) is miserable. And in June you get the afternoon Monsoons which can make both extremely hot AND humid in AZ.

[bluestarone]

6. I'm sure tRUMP has his hands in this

One way or another

[walkingman]

7. 4 words - Who Gives A Shit? I like Baseball but really? Sounds like self-promoting BS to me.

[tritsofme]

23. Legions of bored people who wouldn't mind watching baseball?

[Stallion]

8. ...and It Will all Come to Screeching Halt When First Player Get Coronavirus

[illegal smile]

9. Damn, the Pirates train in Florida

and they were going to win it all this year. No way they're playing part of the season in Florida.

[underpants]

10. How would they play 10-20 games a day?

The whole process of getting ready for a game takes hours.

[JDC]

11. This seems silly.

[Arazi]

13. If I had to guess, they're concentrating the games in one stadium for easy sanitizing

They'd have a permanent crew who knew exactly where and what to hit plus the players would get to know the facility and where to touch/sanitize.

If I had to guess further I'd guess they have a larger capacity bullpen for social distancing.

Lastly I've heard they'd use an electronic strike zone plus barring convos at the mound. Does Chase Field have the best electronic strike zone set-up?

[rufus dog]

20. Now this makes sense

Although the first part seems risky. Running multiple teams through the same location.

Most of the other spring stadium stadiums are fairly small, some built in the 50s and 60s.

It is what is so cool about Spring Training, basically the size of college stadiums.

[brush]

14. Also in Tucson two hours away. Plus Arizona and Arizona State have baseball stadiums.

[Iggo]

16. They gonna have armed guards to prevent these young men from sneaking out...

...or to prevent them from sneaking young ladies in?

You know it's going to happen.

[Roland99]

18. Don't see why different domes couldn't be used

Split teams up

[madinmaryland]

21. My concern I having to listen to Joe Buck 24x7. 🤮🤮

[sarcasmo]

22. MLB is in denial, the season is over.

[Iggo]

24. Yeah, I think it was a trial balloon.

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I think they expected, or were at least hoping, that the fans would let out a mighty cheer that baseball was gonna be played. But in all the places I've looked, I see maybe one or two for it for every forty or fifty against it. (And it might be more than that. I'm shooting low.) Most of the comments were along the lines of, "Yeah, I love baseball. But this is dumb."