Spring training and Major League Baseball’s Opening Day are among the many, many sporting events impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak with organizations postponing or canceling events in an effort to help slow the spread, or flatten the curve, of the new coronavirus.
So Trevor Bauer is organizing a pickup, sandlot-style game.
On Twitter, the Cincinnati Reds pitcher invited all major and minor league players in Arizona to participate if they want, and all players being mic’d up is mandatory. (Per ESPN, the Reds were among the teams giving players the option to go home or remain at their spring training location.)
It appears to have started when veteran pitcher David Carpenter, who’s currently in the Reds organization, tweeted at Bauer on Friday and floated the idea. An hour later, Bauer enthusiastically responded:
He began organizing it.
And by Friday night, he said this pickup game is confirmed.
However, it’s unclear exactly when this game will take place and how many players are participating. But it looks like a lot of guys are in.
Now, hopefully, they don’t stand too close to each other in the dugouts and keep some hand sanitizer on them.
