Weekend Sport has had a tough time during this time of COVID. As you know, our goal is to keep you up to date on a variety of sports. Our coverage is spotty, but we went to give you at least enough so you can engage in water cooler conversation at the office with some skill. Water Cooler conversation, though, is finished for now, and world wide sport has been finished for a while. I have been exhausted just to think of trying to keep track of various sports, their update possible future schedules, etc. Following some of them in their returns has been almost equally exhausting, as reactions to positive COVID tests, suspended games, etc. has provided enough drama, that this space almost doesn't miss the soap operas which have disappeared. There has been so much drama off the field, when we would really prefer to see drama on the field. Let's face it... the drama on the field is lacking these days. Stadiums with fake crowd sounds just doesn't do it for some of us... Still, we soldier on... There are two sports which seem completely apt for "social distancing." These are Cricket and Baseball, of course. Is there any body contact at all, in Cricket? The Cricinfo page at ESPN looks as if it was abandoned sometime this Summer, with the schedules for fixtures down the side, with no further information. Tours such as the South Africa Tour of the West Indies and of the United States of America, and the Zimbabwe Tour of South Africa are listed, but there is "no content available" at the links. The one exception of the void in the Cricket world is some activity in England and Ireland. The Pakistan Tour of England continues this weekend, with the First Test at Old Trafford, Manchester. England won this match by three wickets today. Their next match begins on Thursday, the Second Test of the Tour, which will be held at the Rose Bowl in Southampton. Some county play also continues this weekend in England and Ireland. The other socially distant game, Baseball, restarted a few weeks ago in the United States, as reported in this space. While play has continued, in most places, in empty stadiums the return to Baseball has to be remarked as a qualified success. It is qualified because players and staff of some teams have tested positive in the Coronavirus tests and so play has been suspended for those teams, and self quarantine has gone into effect. Commentators have said that there is no surprise that the virus has spread, given that teams are taking team busses, eating, rooming and even showering together... The teams hardest hit to this moment have been the Miami Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals. While this space is of the opinion that no one is to blame, as no one knows enough about this virus, MLB management is blaming the players as being irresponsible... Early action has seen a few teams spike in the standings, with win-loss percentage unheard of in modern baseball. in both leagues, there are few winners and many losers. The Marlins, who have played a total of 8 games, have the "best record in baseball" at .875. The Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, and the Dodgers from California also have stellar records, year to date, along with the Denver Rockies and the Minnesota Twins. This space is still pleased at the return to baseball, and hopes the season will continue unimpeded. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/omnisport/1571466873.1379186.1596914785932%40mail.yahoo.com.
