But, phew, no Major League Baseball players around over the summer to potentially befoul your COVID-shielded bubble. Of particular concern, the Toronto Blue Jays would be required to play in locations where the risk of virus transmission remains high. Meanwhile Public Health Canada, which Shapiro insists took the point role in these lengthy discussions, had serious reservations, whilst also being in conflict with their municipal and provincial counterparts. “It was Public Health that was leading the process, not the federal government or political leaders,” said Shapiro. Not that the public would have been anywhere around the players, Jays and visitors.

Source: thestar July 19, 2020 00:53 UTC