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The Athletic:
Exclusive: MLB proposes medical and safety protocols to players in 67-page document  —  No exchanges of lineup cards.  New baseballs any time a ball is put in play and touched by multiple players.  Players wearing masks except while on the field, standing six feet apart during the singing …
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB safety proposal includes thorough testing, social distancing, no spitting  —  Major League Baseball's ambitious return-to-play plans include processing upward of 10,000 COVID-19 tests per week, overhauling stadiums and in-game settings to encourage social distancing …
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
The immensity of MLB's plan to return through a daunting health-and-safety protocol  —  What's most striking about Major League Baseball's 67-page health-and-safety protocol outlining an attempt to return amid the coronavirus pandemic isn't its little, snicker-worthy details …
Marly Rivera / ESPN:
Bartolo Colon, 46, yearns for one more season in the majors  —  Even though Bartolo Colón hasn't thrown a pitch in the majors since September 2018, the 46-year-old is not thinking about retirement.  —  Colón hopes to pitch one more big league season, and, given the choice, it would be with the New York Mets.
Associated Press:
Report: MLB projects loss of $640,000 per game without fans  —  NEW YORK — Major League Baseball told players their prorated salaries would contribute to an average loss of $640,000 for each game over an 82-game season in empty ballparks, according to a presentation from the commissioner's office …
Evan Woodbery / MLive.com:
Francisco Rodriguez hasn't given up on writing final chapter to MLB career  —  DETROIT — Francisco Rodriguez's illustrious Major League career didn't end the way he wanted.  —  Almost three years later, he hasn't given up on the dream of returning to the big leagues and writing a final chapter.
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Giants' Bargain Pickup Looks More Valuable With Universal DH  —  With the likely implementation of a universal DH in 2020, we've been taking a team-by-team trip through the NL and looking at how those clubs could handle the rule change.  To this point, we've looked at the Dodgers, Reds …
Paul Takahashi / Houston Chronicle:
Woman, 5-year-old boy drown in north Houston pool  —  A woman and a 5-year-old boy drowned Saturday afternoon in the backyard pool of former LA Dodger Carl Crawford's home.  —  Houston Police and Fire departments were called about 2:40 p.m. on reports of a drowning at a home on the 1400 block of Mansfield in north Houston.
Craig Edwards / FanGraphs Baseball:
Parsing MLB's Claim of a $4 Billion Loss  —  Last week, MLB presented documents to the player's union regarding the financial implications of playing the 2020 season without fans.  In an exclusive report, the Associated Press has revealed a considerable amount of the contents of those disclosures.
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Will your MLB team play at home?  A team-by-team look at likelihood as league navigates COVID-19  —  Major League Baseball's proposed 82-game season, played in home ballparks beginning in July, almost certainly won't come off exactly as it hopes, thanks to the many factors that can waylay a season played amid a pandemic.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB sends union, players ‘daunting’ health protocols on how to play game safely in a pandemic  —  Get ready, because if a Major League Baseball season is played this summer, it will look like nothing we've ever seen in the sport's history.  —  Gone will be the traditional exchange of lineup cards.
Associated Press:
Ex-Mets manager Art Howe released from hospital after contracting coronavirus  —  HOUSTON — Former Mets manager Art Howe was released from a Houston hospital Sunday after a stay in intensive care because of the coronavirus.  —  “Relief, back in my own bedroom.
 
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