 Baseball rules for the upcoming season double headers will be two seven inning games. So same as last year Each offense will get a runner-on-second to start every extra half training every extra inning The active roster limit will revert to 26 and expand to 28 and September MLB clubs are permitted to carry up to five additional taxi squad players on all road trips. They're also going to have Contact tracing. I don't know if they're gonna wear the The thing around their wrist like some of the NBA players and NFL players do but they are going to do that There will be a mandatory five-day at-home quarantine Prior to report to spring training frequent administration of PCR tests Individuals who have been identified as having been in close contact with a confirmed case of COVID will be subject to a mandatory Quarantine of seven days and must test negative on day five or later to rejoin the club a New league-wide code of conduct Prohibiting certain high-risk activities outside the ballpark Indoor gatherings of ten or more indoor restaurants bars and lounges fitness and wellness centers Entertainment venues gaming venues like a casino During the season individuals during road trips are not permitted to leave the hotel other than for team activities at the Team facility or ballpark other than for medical reasons out there walks exercise outdoor dining if approved or for low Other low-risk outdoor activities Contact tracing will record. We will require connects on contact tracing device to be worn at all times while in club facilities Face coverings must be properly worn at all times in the dugout other than for players on the field and MLB clubs will have a compliance officer contact tracing officer and a face mask enforcement officer Fines will be issued for non-compliance during games and the fines will be donated to charity Well, I'm glad that the players agreed to this because again, it's going to be a monk-like existence You can't leave your hotel Except they take a walk can't go to a restaurant can't really do anything. It's not a bubble But it's pretty restrictive But the one thing they didn't agree on of course is the universal DH because the players say that's not so much It's for safety, but it should be something that we get traded You know, we shouldn't have to give them extra playoffs in order to get the universal DH Maybe that'll clip in at the last minute right before the season starts. They'll add the playoffs teams I'm not sure but this is a step forward people are gonna start reporting the spring training February 16, so I guess Yeah, it's a week from today. Yeah a week from today Yankees and Mets will report and I think it's a step in the right direction People ought to be careful. You can't just fly and go, okay Let's play baseball season. You do have to have some restrictions in place and I like what they did Yeah, it's that's fine. And I guess like we have to live with the seven inning double headers, which I guess isn't awful and You know the runner at second base kind of bothers me, but I listen. We were okay with it. It's a little weird Kind of compromises things, but whatever. I guess you can't have these games go on forever, right? So You do that but I just hate the fact that really important decisions to try to help grow the sport are being used as bargaining chips and Especially when I think the players are kind of cutting off their nose despite their face because I think they can benefit from the DH I know it's only 14 jobs or 15 jobs or whatever, but their jobs Right. I mean, I just who wants to see a pitcher hit now This is coming from somebody that always enjoyed the strategy of the game But that's over now. Most of these pitchers don't last six innings. Anyway, you're changing pitchers left and right So what does it really matter? You invest $40 million to Dodgers and Trevor Bauer Do they really want to face it a 95 mile per hour slider? Running bases where you could twist his ankle or pull a hamstring or something like what happened to the knock a few years ago What happened to? Who was it? Kay Gawa Not Kay Gawa Chiming Wong. Yeah, Chiming Wong really Michael. Why? You talk about the longevity of a look how long we got to see Reggie Jackson and Dave Winfield play because of the DH Not to mention that a lot of these National League teams were building maybe assuming there was gonna be a DH And now there's not gonna be I just wish the players and the owners can get together to try to grow the game