No Football ? No Problem

[HarleyDog]

(07-28-2020, 01:29 PM)bengals1969 Wrote: Wuhan virus is a mild pandemic compared to the one during the Cincinnati Reds 1918 season.  128 games during the season when the USA was at war in WWI and the Spanish flu was raging world wide with a final death toll estimated of 50 million to 100 million world wide.  If the folks from 100 years ago could figure out how to safely play ball while sending millions of young men and women to fight in Europe, why can't we?  That pandemic was a killer from all ages, unlike our Wuhan virus.

I say figure it out, because it can be safely mitigated, then "Play Ball"!


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1918 Cincinnati Reds Statistics
1917 Season 1919 Season
Record: 68-60, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
Managers: Christy Mathewson (61-57) and Heinie Groh (7-3)

Ballpark: Redland Field
Attendance: 163,009 (4th of 8)
Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
    Multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 97
    One-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96
Pythagorean W-L: 68-60, 530 Runs, 496 Runs Allowed

There is a reason they are referred to as "The Greatest Generation." Pandemic, War, the great depression? Didn't matter, they faced it all. Tough as nails. Although generations alive today appear weaker (which I'm sure when measured by toughness, we don't hold a candle) we are more intelligent. Based on the science we have today, along with the speed of communication, we can process information much more quickly to make reasonable decisions. 

If we don't get our season, we just have to give the league and players the benefit of the doubt that it was best for them. If they play, they have a fear of dying or harming their health. If they don't play, we have the fear of waiting for an entire year before we can watch football again. I guess my fear is meaningless to theirs. However, it would be great to get a sense of normalcy again. Like you, I really hope they figure it out.