10-30-2020, 09:16 AM
(10-29-2020, 07:11 PM)Farm93 Wrote: Not a Giants fan or a Dodger hater, but I think Turner should get a suspension of some duration.
Teammates
The problem for Turner was not really his teammates. I would agree it is logical to conclude they were already negatively impacted with little harm for additional exposure. HOWEVER, even for the players it is likely many were not close to 15 minutes with Turner prior to the post-game. If exposure is cumulative spending a few more minutes could make the difference.
The problem for MLB and Turner was there were the others at the post-game stuff.
Media
The media was down on the field too. A lot of those folks now can't work for ~7-14 days because of their exposure to Turner. That's a problem for those people and their employers.
Family
Wives, significant others and kids were all down there with the players too. In theory many of them should now be in quarantine, especially Turner's wife who got a nice big "Apparently I don't care about your health" kiss from her spouse.
MLB Executives
And then the field also included a number of MLB execs, the very group that might help determine the penalty for Mr. Turner.
Given the number of people that likely now need to quarantine for ~10-14 days, I think Turner might get at least a 14 day suspension to start 2021. MLB may want to make it much longer if the USA is still vaccine-free when MLB starts the regular season to send a message to teams at the start of 2021.
It probably won't be a big deal to sports fans in the USA as long as no one requires hospitalization. He shouldn't have been there, but MLB shares part of the blame too. Once his test was known they should have implemented some process to get him out of the stadium. As both teams were not in their home town, MLB should have had the logistics for that scenario ready to go. Apparently they didn't have a plan, so MLB shares a big portion of the blame IMHO.
Good points. I hadn't thought about the media people, MLB execs, etc. who now will have to quarantine. That's a valid criticism.
I am guessing that Turner's teammates, coaches, and family probably were exposed to him earlier that day and would have had to quarantine in any event.
I agree that Turner should be suspended. I posted earlier that I expect a suspension.
