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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Get Your Mass Gatherings or Large Community Events Ready — Interim Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) — Large events and mass gatherings can contribute to the spread of COVID-19 in the United States via travelers who attend these events and introduce the virus to new communities.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB's coronavirus shutdown continues: Could season be pushed back several months? — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Players, executives and coaching staffs began packing their bags throughout baseball Sunday and are headed home. — And they may be staying home for a long time.
Mark Feinsand / MLB.com:
Opening of regular season to be pushed back — Major League Baseball announced Monday that the start of the 2020 regular season will be pushed back even further following Sunday's recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). — The CDC has urged a nationwide halt …
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MLB Baseball News …, D-backs News and Pinstripe Alley
Craig Calcaterra / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
MLB pushes out the resumption of baseball for at least eight weeks — the CDC's recommendation that all group activities involving 50 or more persons be suspended for at least eight weeks. A few moments ago Major League Baseball, as expected, announced that they will adhere to that recommendation.
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Camden Chat and NBCSports.com
Vinnie Duber / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Several GMs reportedly ‘bracing’ for Major League Baseball delay to last as late as July — No baseball until July? — It's something several general managers are reportedly “bracing” for, per USA Today's Bob Nightengale. … The future of the 2020 season is as uncertain as can be as the sport …
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NBCSports.com, Los Angeles Times and MLB Trade Rumors
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Manfred: Season won't start April 9; players urged to find a home where they can be for ‘extended period of time’ — JUPITER, Fla. — The Major League Baseball does not plan to start its season for at least another eight weeks and players are being urged to leave spring training sites …
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Sports Illustrated
Craig Edwards / FanGraphs Baseball:
How Many Games Can MLB Realistically Play in 2020?
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Beyond the Box Score, DRaysBay, Phillies Nation and NBCSports.com
Kyle Glaser / Baseball America:
MLB, Clubs Plan To Address Minor League Pay Impacted By Coronavirus Halt — Update (11:45 am ET): The Dodgers have been added to the list of teams that are continuing to pay their minor leaguers the allowances and stipends they normally receive during spring training.
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankee minor leaguer tests positive for coronavirus
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Pinstripe Alley
Chris Chavez / Sports Illustrated:
Yankees Minor League Player Tests Positive for Coronavirus
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MLB Baseball News …
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Justin Verlander Undergoes Surgery To Repair Groin Injury — The Astros announced Tuesday that right-hander Justin Verlander underwent a surgical procedure on his right groin. He'd been slowed by a lat strain earlier this month, but Verlander was also scratched from an earlier spring start due to tightness in his groin.
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Lone Star Ball
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB teams pledge $30M to help cover lost wages for ballpark employees — All 30 Major League Baseball teams on Tuesday pledged $1 million each to help cover the lost wages of ballpark employees who have been affected by the coronavirus crisis' postponement of the big league season.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
Carlos Collazo / Baseball America:
MLB Orders All Teams To Halt Domestic, International Scouting Operations — In the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak that canceled the remainder of spring training and delayed the start of the regular season, MLB sent a memo to clubs on Monday that all scouting activity …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue, Halos Heaven and AZ Snake Pit
Jason Frakes / USA Today:
2020 Kentucky Derby being postponed due to coronavirus pandemic — For the first time in 75 years, the Kentucky Derby will not be a part of the first Saturday in May. — Amid growing concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, Churchill Downs will postpone the Derby from May 2 to Sept. 5 …
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Sports Illustrated and New York Post
Mike Florio / ProFootballTalk:
Bears are talking to Teddy Bridgewater — The Mitchell Trubisky era in Chicago could be ending. At least, his era as a starter. — Per a source with knowledge of the situation, talks are underway between the Bears and Saints quarterback Teddy Bridgewater.
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Bleacher Nation, Chicago Sun-Times and Sports Illustrated
