“I think we had eight or nine cases in Clearwater, and we didn’t have that many people there. So this is a great wake-up call, and I think baseball will probably pay more attention to it.”The Marlins’ outbreak also drew the attention of public officials back in Miami. Florida — home of the Marlins and the Tampa Bay Rays — has among the highest infection rates in the country, and before M.L.B. put the Marlins’ season on hold, the Nationals had already voted as a team against traveling to Miami this weekend. Mayor Carlos Giménez of Miami-Dade County cast doubt Tuesday on the wisdom of the Marlins returning to their home market.

Source: New York Times July 28, 2020 19:09 UTC