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[*jason*]

(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

Death count might've been a lil lower had they not congregated in ballparks... No? I can only speak for myself, but I'm ok with not living my life by 1918- 1919 standards.