[分享] MLB已向球員工會提送季後賽泡泡圈計畫

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Major League Baseball has submitted a proposal to the MLB Players Associationabout potentially holding at least part of the 2020 playoffs inside a
multi-city “bubble” environment, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports
(Twitter link). It isn’t yet known if the entire postseason would be played
at neutral sites, or if the best-of-three first round series would remain in
the home ballparks of the higher-seeded teams.
MLB官方已經向球員工會提出以多城市為主場的季後賽泡泡圈計畫，提案中寫到
目前應該就是兩個方案:
1.整個季後賽都在中立球場舉行
2.低順位種子球隊需到高順位種子主場進行整個系列賽賽事

As initially reported by The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal (via Twitter), the
league has been in talks with the union about how to manage and conduct gamesat these “controlled sites” in order to limit city-to-city travel and thus
limit the chances of a COVID-19 outbreak in October that would delay the
entire postseason. While details are “nothing close” to being finalized,
as Rosenthal notes, MLB began preparing an operations manual regarding such apostseason scenario earlier this month. As outlined by ESPN.com’s Emily
Kaplan and Jeff Passan, the baseball’s plan would bear a strong resemblances
to the NHL’s staging of the Stanley Cup playoffs in Toronto and Edmonton.
為了減少城市間的移動，目前MLB提出的泡泡圈方案細節都還未被披露，
但MLB已經未雨綢繆開始規劃了，概念會很像NHL季後賽設址在多倫多及埃德蒙頓那樣

While the NHL is holding all games at two arenas, however, baseball’s plan
may seem to involve five different stadiums and civic areas. Southern
California (San Diego and the two L.A. ballparks) and Texas (Arlington,
Houston) still seem to be the favored candidates for these sites, as noted inthe Kaplan/Passan piece, with Rosenthal adding that National League’s
postseason teams would play in Texas while the American League teams went to
California. The World Series would be held in Arlington at the Rangers’ new
ballpark.
NHL季後賽設址在兩處，不過MLB目前似乎仍將以下五座球場(含道奇、天使、教士
、太空人、遊騎兵主場)訂為首選。國聯季後賽將在德州兩座球場舉行、美聯季後賽將在南加州三座球場舉行。世界大賽地點為德州遊騎兵隊新的阿靈頓主場

It is quite possible that the framework of this plan would be changed over
the coming weeks, and as talks develop with input from the MLBPA. As of
today, however, we are exactly one month away from the last day of the
regular season. One would think negotiations would need to progress pretty
quickly to get a bubble environment launched by the start of the playoffs on
September 29, though the possibility of the first round being played at home
ballparks does allow some extra flexibility.
當然這個計畫是草擬的，隨時會改變，球員工會也將於近日加入討論。
距離季後賽還有一個月的時間，需要趕快把泡泡圈的範圍及內容建立起來。
另外由於今年季後賽賽制改變了，各聯盟各有8支球隊進入季後賽，
首輪由No.1vs.No.8; No.2vs.No.7; No.3vs.No.6; No.4vs.No.5
三戰兩勝制，低順位種子需到高順位種子主場進行所有賽事，
因此季後賽第一輪在不需要頻繁移動的狀況下給了MLB官方一些緩衝空間

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