What Does The Marlins' Outbreak Mean For MLB?
The Lead
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🗓️ 28 July 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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More than a dozen members of the Miami Marlins have tested positive for COVID-19, and several MLB games have now been canceled as a result. The Athletic’s Andy McCullough joins us to talk about what the team outbreak could mean for the Marlins' season and the fate of Major League Baseball's 2020 campaign.
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| 0:31.0 | On Monday, the Miami Marlins and Major League Baseball suffered a major setback. |
| 0:40.0 | The Marlins home opener tonight against the Orioles has been canceled. |
| 0:43.1 | This is after a number of Marlins players and coaches tested positive for COVID-19. |
| 0:48.1 | Not even a week after the season began and already could be in jeopardy, over a dozen |
| 0:53.4 | members of the Miami Marlins have tested positive for COVID-19. |
| 0:58.2 | Today, the Athletics Andy McCullough joins us to talk about what this team outbreak could |
| 1:02.8 | mean for the Marlins and the fate of the MLB season. |
| 1:06.7 | I've felt since March, like it's just going to be very difficult to keep this thing on |
| 1:11.6 | the rails. |
| 1:12.6 | It's a nightmare trying to conduct all of this. |
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