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Marlins Coronavirus Update: It’s Gone from Bad to Worse with 14 Total Cases (Reportedly)

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Jul 27th, 2020 · 9:30 AM EDT

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Alright, this is getting out of control. Can’t keep up with this breaking news situation.

First the Marlins had a handful of positive tests, stayed overnight in Philly, and planned to fly home this afternoon to play the Orioles. Now that charter flight has been cancelled and we’ve got the big national reporters telling us that it’s gone from bad to worse:

Eight more players and two coaches with the Miami Marlins have tested positive for COVID-19, as an outbreak has spread throughout their clubhouse and brought the total of cases in recent days to at least 14, sources familiar with the situation tell me and @JesseRogersESPN.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 27, 2020

Source: Marlins’ game tonight against Orioles in Miami has been cancelled. Team still in Philadelphia.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 27, 2020

Crap situation all around, and a domino effect now, with the Yankees coming to Philly to use the same clubhouse the Marlins used this weekend. Surely they aren’t too thrilled with that prospect, right? You’d need an entire crew decked out in hazmat suits to come in and clean Citizens Bank Park, and I mean REALLY clean it, like 4-5 dudes hosing down the dugout to the point where the suds are overflowing onto the field of play.

This whole thing is really stinky, and I’ve got a bad feeling about it, as Han Solo once said. The odds of tonight’s Yankees/Phils game being played are now being arbitrarily set at +150.

This is their plane sitting down at island road after the Atlanta flight pic.twitter.com/ycrOxCPMQu

— Edward J. Casey (@achs_fred) July 27, 2020