Day 143: The Baseball Season May Be Over in 48 Hours

Breaking News: multiple sources inside and outside the game report MLB has warned its TV outlets to have alternate programming for games as early as Monday.

Meaning the shutdown the Commissioner threatened today could conceivably happen 48 hours from now: https://t.co/2svotCEGe0 pic.twitter.com/K3C22vwGjB

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) August 1, 2020

• Appears to be major ad partnership between at least the NBA and Grift Kings and Scam Duel (Draft Kings and Fan Duel). 
• Sergio Perez will miss the British Grand Prix -- coronavirus positive. 
• Four more of the Cardinals organization have tested positive for the coronavirus -- Saturday's game is postponed. 
• The Marlins are busing the 20 or so positives back to Miami. 
• Marqise Lee has become the 7th New England Patriot to opt out of the season.
• According to an on-going ESPN list, 35 NFL players have now opted out. 
• Matthew Stafford of the Lions is on the NFL's COVID-19 reserve list.  That only means he probably has been exposed to it. 
• Lorenzo Cain of the Brewers has thrown in the towel on baseball's season. 
• Last night's Olbermann, as he's off tonight: 

A special #Thurbercast No. 86 includes “The Moth And The Star” AND MY MOTH AND STAR TATTOO - and in real time the developing story that Baseball has warned the tv networks that carry it, that a seasonal delay/cancellation could come as early as Monday: https://t.co/jUPmKRjPZl

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) August 1, 2020

• NHL "qualifying round" begins today. Five games on television -- on top of the conclusion of the NBA season.
• Chris Jericho's Saturday Night Special for the week: 

• Australian State of Victoria under a State of Disaster and an 8-6 curfew for the next month due to the spike in cases in cities like Melbourne.