Dodgers’ Mookie Betts isn’t confident in the MLB’s safety protocol
By Amy Kaplan
Mookie Betts isn’t confident in the MLB’s safety protocol
This will the first season that Mookie Betts puts on the Dodgers uniform and it’s going to be a unique one, to say the least.
On Monday, the same day the MLB 60-game schedules were announced, Betts held a press conference in the Dodgers clubhouse to speak on various issues pertaining to the 2020 season, including whether he’d play (yes). But what really stands out are his comments about his level of confidence in the safety protocol the MLB has in place.
Spoiler alert: It’s not great.
“I can’t say I’m confident because I haven’t been shown yet,” Betts told the media. “It’s kinda tough to be confident in something that hasn’t proved to be fool-proof.”
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This is, of course, following reports that serval teams have not gotten their test results back and many players and managers have already been flagged for the highly contagious and potentially deadly virus.
Mookie Betts isn’t the only Dodgers player concerned with COVID-19
Players like fellow Dodger David Price have opted out of the 2020 season due to safety concerns.
Betts has decided to play this season due in part to wanting to bring baseball to Black communities during a racially charged time in American history. He believes the MLB did a good job addressing the Black Lives Matter movement but wants to personally do more.
The Dodgers will open their shortened 2020 season on July 23 when they take on their division rivals, the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles, CA.
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