No matter where the Blue Jays end up playing their home games, there's no perfect option. ShiDavidi has the story.
– including one saying that remaining in quarantine all summer “isn’t gonna happen. Not an option,” and others since deleted but captured via screen shot – isn’t likely to help.
In its simplest terms, that’s the calculation on the government end of things – is this safe, and is it worth it? “We’re fine, we’re fine,” manager Charlie Montoyo said Friday when asked if he was concerned about how his players felt about the current quarantine. “I talk to these guys every day, I communicate with them and everybody is fine. The Canadian government gave us a chance to come to Toronto to have a spring camp. Nothing else has been decided. You have no idea how grateful I am and the Toronto Blue Jays, too, for this opportunity to be here.
Making it all the more complicated is that the other 29 teams, at least right now, won’t be facing similar hardships. One player said it was difficult explaining the separation to the significant other left behind when other families in baseball aren’t being similarly separated.I wanna make it clear, we’re not asking for special treatment. We understand that we need to stay in a “quarantine bubble”. We wanna make sure everyone is safe.
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