An Abundance of Caution

<p>Patti and the Pottymouth and their socially-distanced Smart Baseball Brains bring you the baseball state of the pandemic. The <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-delays-opening-day-mid-may-earliest-due-183050430--mlb.html">eight week delay</a>, minimum, to the start of the season has clear implications for fans, but what does it mean for <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/donald-trump-declaring-a-national-emergency-due-to-coronavirus-may-prevent-mlb-players-from-getting-paid-155823331.html">paychecks</a> for major and minor league players, umpires, and <a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/03/15/hey-mlb-owners-take-care-of-your-hourly-workers-already">hourly facilities workers</a>? How does it affect <a href="https://theathletic.com/1675636/2020/03/14/behind-the-scenes-as-baseball-scrambles-to-resolve-the-many-issues-related-to-covid-19/">service time</a> and dates for incentives and bonuses? The NBA and NHL are modelling good league-level behavior and it is time for Baseball to step up too. Players are picking up some slack, with <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/astros-george-springer-donates-100-k-to-stadium-workers-during-coronavirus-shutdown-213338704.html">Redemption Tour Astros</a> donating money and food kits, Trevor Bauer staging a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TanU0KXtzVw">Sandlot wiffle ball game</a> to bring attention to a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/mlb-gameday-staff-coronavirus-relief?utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_source=customer&amp;utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet">Go Fund Me</a> for stadium workers, and Pete Alonso putting things in perspective. Keep your baseball muscles loose by watching <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/best-baseball-movies-of-all-time-c301609142">baseball movies</a> and <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/classic-mlb-games-to-watch-online">historic games</a>. That’s how we’re doing it.</p><p><br></p><p>Even though the season delay pushes back our Fantasy League, we forge ahead and choose our pitching squads. <a href="https://hdmhapparel.com/pa