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According to the state's website on COVID, all regions are currently meeting the requirements for Phase 4. All metrics beside Percent Positivity Change Last 14 Days are well into the green for Phase 4. The 14-day metric is still green, but a few days of spikes could push it back. Since we haven't seen a big spike yet from the protests, I'm still feeling pretty good about getting to Phase 4 by the end of the month.

The best tests. No one knows more about testing. There would also be a lot fewer DUIs if police didn't give sobriety tests.

Shows that the state's plans are working. There were plenty of people who complained, said the governor was out of his mind. Hell, there are still people complaining, not bothering to recognize the results. We're on pace to go to phase 4 in about two weeks. Restaurants and movie theaters can open, schools will be able to open to in-person learning. Two months ago, being here seemed impossible. Gee, imagine if we had a national response similar to the way Illinois and New York responded.

Where's the eye-roll emoji when you need it?

They are supposed to decide to either make one more offer or just let Manfred institute the shortened season. I would hazard to guess that a shortened season of about 52-55 games will be implemented.

Then I would have him in there in place of Gonzalez or Lopez.

Giolito Keuchel Lopez Cease Gonzalez I'm torn, though. I'd love to see Kopech in there. If he's definitely ready to start and go 5-6 innings, maybe he's there instead of Gonzalez. But don't we finally want to see Gonzalez actually pitch for the Sox?

MLB has the opportunity to be the first to return, though. Well, at least they HAD the opportunity. It's slipping away by the day.

Yeah, that's a no-brainer. No sense to cancel a season and lose on development of some of the younger players (especially with the Sox). 50 games would kind of suck, but no games would really suck.

There will most likely be a season, but it's looking more and more like it's going to be the mandated short season at full pro-rated salaries. A 50-60 game season is better than no baseball, but it's not nearly enough games. Plus, the already strained relations between the owners and players could be worsened, and that doesn't bode well for the CBA expiring and subsequent new agreement. Both sides need to give a little here and come to an agreement on an 80-game season that'll start in early July. If nothing happens this week, I think we'll see MLB step in and mandate a short season.

I've said this before, most fans won't care which side was right, who was getting screwed more, how much money each side was losing. If the season is cancelled over money, both sides will get blamed, and rightfully so. Right now, it seems as if they are not even considering the fans.

What blows my mind is the violence by some police still going on when they have to know everything is being videotaped. Do they feel invincible? Are they not concerned about the consequences? And why aren't the good cops (there are more of them than the bad ones) speaking out?

Yeah, but I hate the idea of no baseball more. Let's hope they end up agreeing on 70-80 games.

Doesn't help that Tom Ricketts look suspiciously like Ted Cruz.

Both sides know they have way too much to lose to cancel the season over money. They'll both give some, there will be baseball, and one side will be more pissed than the other.

Getting closer. I could see them setting on a 70ish game season. At this point, I'd be happy with a 60 game season. It'll be a looong summer otherwise.

Yeah, I believe an agreement will be made this week. Both offers from each side seem miles apart, but the good news is that they're both making offers. I believe your analysis is probably spot on. We certainly could use some good news right about now.

This, hopefully, is one reason why they will come to an agreement. Regardless of who is more to blame (owners), there are essential workers who have been working their asses off for a couple months making pennies compared to baseball salaries who will have no compassion for whiny billionaires and millionaires. We're all dealing with a lot of shit right now, and we'd love to see baseball to help us get through this. But it they want to cancel the season over money, it will definitely leave a bad taste.

Doctors have never seen a test so negative. They kept asking him how he knew so much about negative tests. Scientists from all over the globe may study him to see how his result could be so negative.

Outdoor seating at restaurants (with adequate spacing, of course) will likely be included in Phase 3 of the Illinois reopening plan. Expected to start on June 1. That's encouraging news. Hopefully the restaurants and customers will respect the rules so we don't take a step back.

Die hard fans, no, they won't go away. But they'll lose plenty of casual fans. I lost interest in baseball after the stoppage in '93. Granted, I was a Pirates fan at the time so I had other reasons to lose interest in baseball. It took moving to IL and having my wife be a Sox fan to get me back into baseball. Hockey lost a lot of fans after the 2004-2005 season was cancelled over a labor dispute. They had to change their game, rules and all, to get fans back. I know, baseball isn't hockey, but if a season is cancelled over money, casual fans will lose interest.

I've been washing mine down with bleach.

We were told it would get ugly, and it has. I still think both sides have too much to lose by not working out a deal and playing baseball. I understand that there will be significant losses for 2020 if the entire season is played without fans, but the losses will most likely be much more significant long-term if they end up cancelling over money. Both sides will be blamed, and they will lose fans.

I have my doubts that he's actually taking it. If he is taking it, then chances are he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Some testing site are allowing anyone to be tested, with or without symptoms. The one site by the WalMart in Joliet has been doing this for a few weeks. You just have to make an appointment. It would be interesting to see how many tested had symptoms.